<>
Probably safer to first convert the string to a -date- and then start any
translation/extraction action...
***
clear
input country:mylabel /*
*/ str10 date, auto
Argentina "199001"
Argentina "199001"
Argentina "199001"
Argentina "199002"
Argentina "199003"
Argentina "199004"
Argentina "199004"
Argentina "199004"
Argentina "199004"
Argentina "199101"
Argentina "199101"
Argentina "200803"
Argentina "200804"
Argentina "200804"
Brazil "199001"
Brazil "199002"
Brazil "199002"
Brazil "199003"
Brazil "199003"
Brazil "199003"
Brazil "199003"
end
compress
gen double date2=/*
*/date(date,"YM")
gen double month=/*
*/month(date2)
list, noobs /*
*/ sepby(cou)
***
HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Dienstag, 11. August 2009 19:46
To: statalist
Subject: st: how to change specific string variable into date variable?
Dear statalists,
Something wrong happened when changing the string variable into date
variable.
clear
input country:mylabel /*
*/ str10 date, auto
Argentina "199001"
Argentina "199001"
Argentina "199001"
Argentina "199002"
Argentina "199003"
Argentina "199004"
Argentina "199004"
Argentina "199004"
Argentina "199004"
Argentina "199101"
Argentina "199101"
Argentina "200803"
Argentina "200804"
Argentina "200804"
Brazil "199001"
Brazil "199002"
Brazil "199002"
Brazil "199003"
Brazil "199003"
Brazil "199003"
Brazil "199003"
end
g date2=monthly(date,"YM")
The result showed "21 missing values generated"
Anything wrong? How to correct it ?
Thank you for any help!
Best regards,
Rose.
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