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| From | Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: string variable question |
| Date | Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:37:58 -0500 |
> Use -tostring- to combine the numeric vars, ex: ***** clear inp A1 A2 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 end tostring A1 A2, replace gen brand = A1 + A2 ***** ~ Eric __ Eric A. Booth Public Policy Research Institute Texas A&M University ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu Office: +979.845.6754 On Mar 29, 2010, at 8:32 AM, Data Analytics Corp. wrote: > Hi, > > I have two numeric variables in a Stata dataset: A1 and A2. Each has 26 elements. I want to create a third variable, brand, as part of a do program that has 26 brand names. I tried > > gen str brand = "A" "B" and so on to "Z" > > but that didn't work. How can I create a brand variable? > > Thanks, > > Walt > > > > -- > ________________________ > > Walter R. Paczkowski, Ph.D. > Data Analytics Corp. > 44 Hamilton Lane > Plainsboro, NJ 08536 > ________________________ > (V) 609-936-8999 > (F) 609-936-3733 > walt@dataanalyticscorp.com > www.dataanalyticscorp.com > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/