Hi Frank,
There are many possible options.
Try
egen newvar=rank(oldvar), unique
This should work. Note that the oldvar is the variable containing 2.87 to 6.04. The newvar is a new variable you may specify differently to the oldvar.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Jon
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From: Frank Gallo <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, 21 August, 2009 18:15:45
Subject: st: Recode non-integers to positive integers
Hi All,
I have a variable that has 28 unique non-integer values, which range from 2.87 to 6.04. I would like to recode the values to positive integers from 1 to 28 respectively. Is there a simpler way instead of "recode old var (2.87=1)....(6.04=28), generate(new var)" to accomplish this? Thank you.
Best,
Frank
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