You can make a numeric id with
egen g=group(id)
and then you can try adding labels with
ssc inst labutil
labmask g, val(id)
or perhaps
gen numid=real(id)
gen strid=id if mi(numid)
egen g=group(strid)
su numid
replace g=r(max)+g
ssc inst labutil
labmask g, val(id)
to cut down on the label creation.
On Nov 12, 2007 4:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear statalist,
> I want to convert a string variables(type: T0274K0VH550101) in
> numeric. I try to use the commands destring and encode, but with the
> first I din't have any result, while with the second I have this error:
> encode codind, gen(id)
> too many values
> r(134);
> with destring I have
> destring codind, generate(id) force
> codind contains non-numeric characters; id generated as byte
> (128147 missing values generated)
>
> exist another solution?
> thanks in advance for your help.
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