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Re: st: simple string to number data conversion
From
Richard Goldstein <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: simple string to number data conversion
Date
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:10:24 -0400
try the -encode- command
Rich
Donald Braman wrote:
Hi folks,
I have a variable that happens to be a string FIPS abbreviation and
would like to convert it into a numerical FIPS code (e.g., "AL" into
1).
I'm new to STATA, and all my attempts using recode, egen, destring,
etc. have failed. I'm sure it's easy, just can't seem to figure it
out.
Help?
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