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st: assigning same number to slightly different string var.
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"Philip Hantschk" <[email protected]>
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st: assigning same number to slightly different string var.
Date
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:53:09 +0100
Hello,
i have a set of data containing names of indices, like S&P 500, Dax 30 etc. I want to assign numbers to the indices, so that S&P 500=1, Dax 30=2 etc. The problem is, that the in the observations, S&P 500 has different ways of writing, e.g. Standard and Poor's 500, S&P 500, S&P 500 Index, etc.
My question is, is there a way to assign numbers automatically, like tell Stata to give every observation that contains "500" the "1".
Thanks for your consideration,
Philip Hantschk
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