I work with data from a household survey. Several variables have the
value 999999999999 for "missing data", for example a variable with
data on the monthly rent paid. When I try to define a label for this
value I get an error message. What can I do? I would like to keep the
original data and do not want to replace 999999999999 by some other
value. The reason is that the codebook and other documentation all
refer to 999999999999.
. clear
. set obs 1
. gen double var = 999999999999
. lab def var 999999999999 "No data"
may not label 1.00000e+12
r(198);
Thanks,
Friedrich
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