Re: st: new variable based on row numbers

["Alan Neustadtl" <alan.neustadtl@gmail.com>]

How about:
. generate id = _n

Best,
Alan

On 3/2/07, nora@uchicago.edu <nora@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am having trouble figuring out how to create a new variable
> based on the row numbers of my data. I just want to create a
> sequentially numbered variable (x, x+1, x+2 ect...) to
> uniquely identify each row of my data.
>
> There is probably a real quick and simple solution to this, I
> just haven't yet found it. Can anyone point me in the right
> direction?
>
> Thanks
>
> Eleanor Friedman
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