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st: RE: RE: New values for a value labelled variable,
The variable MYID contains the values 12, 23, 12, 45, 24, which are
labeled as "joe", "mike", "joe", "helen", "tom".
decode myid, gen(MYID)
split MYID, p(-) destring
would work if the values themselves were: "12-joe", "23-mike", "12-joe",
"45-helen", "24-tom".
Since names are labels, not values
decode myid, gen(MYID)
split MYID, p(-) destring
generates only one variable containing the labels as values.
Thanks,
Serguei
Serguei Kaniovski schrieb:
Hi all,
I have a variable with (many) value labels, say
12-joe
23-mike
12-joe
45-helen
24-tom
...
I would like to create a new variable with consecutive values assigned
to the old labels, e.g.
1-joe
2-mike
1-joe
3-helen
4-tom
...
It is important that the sequence of names is preserved.
Thanks a lot,
Serguei Kaniovski
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