Re: st: simple string to number data conversion

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

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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