Re: st: HELP! recoding string or long variable into some "text" format

[Philipp Rehm <philipp.rehm@gmx.de>]

Try -replace- instead of -recode-.
Example:
clear
set obs 1
gen str test="foo"
replace test="bar" if test=="foo"

HTH,
Philipp



Marcos Feldman wrote:
> Dear stata users,
>
> can anyone help me figure this out? i am
> trying to create a new variable based on an existing variable
> containing zoning codes. i actually have two variables with the zoning
> codes, one is string format another is long format. the codes (values)
> in both look like this: 0001, 0004, 0072, 9001, etc. I want to replace
> these codes with their descriptors, e.g., convert 0001 to
> "single-family residential," and so on.
>
> thus far stata has not allowed me to recode either string or long variables into "text".
>
> for example, for the long variable "PRI_ZONE" i used the command,
>      recode test ("0002"="MULTIFAMILY DUPLEX") ("0100"="SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE").... [many more such commands...]
> but the response was "unknown el MULTIFAMILY DUPLEX in rule"
> is
> recoding into text not allowed? have i just written the rules
> incorrectly? is there some other way to accomplish this transformation?
>
> thanks!
>
> Marcos Feldman
> Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy
> Florida International University
> University Park LC 308
> Miami, FL 33199
> 305-348-2513
> 305-348-2241(fax)
> mfeld001@fiu.edu
>
>
>
>
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