Possibly ypu seek -inlist()-.
Nick
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Oleksandr Shepotylo
> I would like to create a variable that will group
> observations based on
> values of anther variable. For example, if region is one of
> 50 states I need
> to divide them into bigger geographical areas: east, west,
> north, south.
> Obviously, I can do it by brute force approach, but I hope
> there is some
> magic command that simplifies the procedure.
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