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Re: st: string variable question
From
Eric Booth <[email protected]>
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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
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Eric A. Booth
Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A&M University
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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
>
>
>
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