--- [email protected] wrote:
> I would like to generate new variables using this command:
>
> for var X1-X50 :replace X_new=1 if X=="New"
>
> But some Xi variables are numeric because empty
>
> This command stops when one of the Xi is numeric
>
> How can I ask to execute this command only for string Xi variables ?
> Is there a "format" function which returns the type of the variable ?
> If this exists, I could use:
>
> for var X1-X50 :replace X_new=1 if X=="New" & format(X)==string
gen byte X_new = 0
ds X1-X50, has(type string)
foreach var of varlist `r(varlist)' {
replace X_new = 1 if `var' == "New"
}
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
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+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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