Johannes
if the second variable is a string, you can concatenate it with state
. gen county=state+number
If it's numeric, use the string function with a format
. gen county=state+string(number,"%02.0f")
If you want to attach the names to the county code, you'd need to
download a list from elsewhere and merge into your data.
HTH
Joseph
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Johannes Schoder
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Statalist users:
>
> I would like to combine two variables in one:
>
> The first variable represents the state: e.g. CA (California) or AZ
> (Arizona).
> The second variable represents the countiy and includes numbers: 01,...
>
> The combination of both variables finally states from which county the
> individual is from, e.g. CA 01 is county Alameda, AZ 01 is county Apache,
> etc.
> Does anyone know a trick how to combine both variables so that it identifies
> uniquely the county where the person is from?
> Thanks a lot!!
> Johannes
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