--- - <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have many numbers with 4 digits, like 0100, 2044,... (this variable
> is called "SIC"). Now I want to match this number to a two-digit
> number (this new variable is called "Industry").
>
> The matching should be like this:
>
> 0100-0799,2048-2048=03
> 2000-2046,2050-2063,2070-2079,2090-2095,2098-2099=23
> 2064-2068,2086-2087,2096-2097=47
> 2080-2085='08'
I don't see a regular pattern you can exploit, so you'll probably have
to do a -recode-, see: -help recode-
-- Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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