No need here to search the archives,
as the on-line help indicates the problem.
You are confusing -inrange()- with -inlist()-,
I guess.
Nick
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Ssy Weng
> I am using Stata v8.0 and get this error message. MAT_RACE is
> a numeric
> variable. I searched StataList archives and could not find an answer.
>
> . g byte ETH6X=1 if ETHNICIT==8
> (5970 missing values generated)
>
> . replace ETH6X =2 if inrange(MAT_RACE,1,5,6,7,9)
>
> invalid syntax
> r(198);
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