Re: st: Rescaling variables

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 06:55 PM 8/6/2006, Suryadipta Roy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there is a command in stata to rescale data from 
> one series to another. I am trying to rescale my variable (0 to 6) 
> to (0 - 10) and could not find a readymade command to do this. Any 
> help will be appreciated.

gen newvar = oldvar * 5/3


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