use -sencode-
ssc install sencode
for example:
sysuse auto
encode make, gen(amaker)
sencode maker, gen(zmaker) gsort(- make)
table maker, c(m amaker m zmaker)
> > I can work around this question manually, but encode works in ascending
> > alphabetical order...is there a way to encode in descending
> > alphabetical order? This is because I want descending order using the
> > by_option of my graph command.
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