>
Also, if you're working with countries/country codes you might check out -kountry- from SSC
and http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0038 .
~ Eric
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On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:55 AM, DE SOUZA Eric wrote:
> Thanks, Martin.
> I was just going to reply to myself saying that I had found it here:
> http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/Stata/faq/destring.htm
>
> I have used -encode- so many times. Must be getting old.
>
> Eric
>
>
> Eric de Souza
> College of Europe
> BE-8000 Brugge (Bruges)
> Belgium
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
> Sent: 05 February 2010 11:48
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: AW: Converting country names into numbers
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> *************
> h encode
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> HTH
> Martin
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von DE SOUZA Eric
> Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Februar 2010 11:47
> An: Statalist
> Betreff: st: Converting country names into numbers
>
> I can't for the life of me remember how to convert a variable containg country names into a variable containing numbers, one for each country.
>
> Eric
>
> Eric de Souza
> College of Europe
> BE-8000 Brugge (Bruges)
> Belgium
>
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