Thanks Martin. I imagine there's also a simpler (i.e. more elegant)
way to also create the 5-digit new id than this?:
replace newpersonid=newpersonid+50000 if newpersonid<11000
On Nov 12, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Martin Weiss wrote:
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> The -destring- line could easily be omitted, without loss of
> functionality...
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> HTH
> Martin
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> Anna,
> This simulated example is a better approach, that is faithful to your
> need for the newpersonid to have 5 digits.
> Michael
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> ********* begin example
> clear
> set obs 11000
> gen personid=_n
> replace personid=personid+10000 if personid<10000
> gen sortvar=1 + int(11000*uniform())
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> replace sortvar=sortvar+10000 if sort<10000
> sort sortvar
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> gen newpersonid str5=_n
> destring newpersonid, replace
> replace newpersonid=newpersonid+50000 if newpersonid<11000
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> list personid newpersonid in 10050/11000
> codebook
> ********* end example
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> Dear Anna, if you sort on some variable other than personid, or
> perform a random sort, you could then:
> gen new_personid = _n
> This creates a variable which has a value equal to the sequence # of
> that record, which is why you have to create some sort order other
> than personid.
> Michael
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> On Nov 11, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Anna Reimondos wrote:
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>> Hello,
>> I am experiencing problems creating a unique set of number for my
>> dataset.
>>
>> I have a dataset with around 11,000 subjects or persons, and each one
>> of these subjects has a unique identifier that is 5 digits long
>> (personid).
>> I need to create a concordance file which list the original 5 digit
>> "personid" and matches this to another new randomly created
>> identifier
>> for each person. This new identifier (new_personid) also has to be 5
>> digits long.
>>
>> Example:
>> personid new_personid
>> 10526 35624
>> 18594 21893
>> 54632 12489
>>
>> I have tried playing around with the gen x = uniform() function but
>> to no avail. I am unable to create exactly 11,000 unique numbers with
>> 5 digits.
>> I also tried just using the egen x=se() command, but then the ids are
>> sequential and not random and I am afraid then perhaps someone could
>> figure out how to match the personid and the newperson id....
>>
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated,
>>
>> Thanks
>> Anna
>>
>> (Using STATA 10.1, Windows Vista)
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