In that case, it's likely that, contrary
to the original statement, your variable
is a numeric variable with value labels,
not a string variable.
Either way, the -tab, gen()- route is
more general, as you can create several
dummies at once.
Nick
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Michael Horowitz
> I tried that and it said "type mismatch"
Jose Valderrama
> > g language2=language=="English"
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