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Re: st: RE: Transforming Unique IDs
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Dennis Kramer <[email protected]>
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Re: st: RE: Transforming Unique IDs
Date
Mon, 23 May 2011 06:47:12 -0400
Thank you Jan, that was the fix. Very much appreciated
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Jan Bryla <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am not quite sure what the objective is, but the group function with -egen- would generate a new id based on the order of the old id.
>
> Egen newid=group(id)
>
> Regards
> Jan Bryla
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Kramer
> Sent: 23. maj 2011 12:18
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Transforming Unique IDs
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am working with a large panel data set and I need to transform the
> current unique IDs into a new set of unique IDs while maintaining the
> panel nature of the data. For example,
>
> Year 1 ID1 Var 1 Var2 Var3 NewID1
> Year 2 ID1 Var 1 Var2 Var3 NewID1
> Year 3 ID1 Var 1 Var2 Var3 NewID1
> Year 1 ID2 Var 1 Var2 Var3 NewID2
> Year 2 ID2 Var 1 Var2 Var3 NewID2
> Year 3 ID2 Var 1 Var2 Var3 NewID2
> Year 1 ID3 Var 1 Var2 Var3 NewID3
> Year 2 ID3 Var 1 Var2 Var3 NewID3
> Year 3 ID3 Var 1 Var2 Var3 NewID3
>
> does anyone have a algorithm to produce a new set of unique IDs while
> maintaining the panel function? I have looked through the current FAQs
> and past listserv discussions and have not found any suggestions that
> would create a new ID while maintaining the panel groupings.
>
> Thank you,
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