st: Re: gen a_n = real(a) does not create any values

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

string to numeric is usually accomplished via -destring-

Martin Weiss
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fabian Brenner" <Fabian.Brenner@gmx.de>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 8:25 PM
Subject: st: gen a_n = real(a) does not create any values



> Dear all:
>
> I use Stata 8 and in order to add two variables a+b (a is format str5 
> %5s, b is format str13  %13s) I want to convert these string variables to 
> numeric variables.
>
> I use: gen a_n = real(a)
>
> Stata generates new values for a_n. But using the browser I see that 
> variable a_n doesn't have any values. What's wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Fabian
>
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