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From | daniel klein <klein.daniel.81@googlemail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: how to transform variables |
Date | Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:29:11 +0100 |
. drop in 1 . g tmp = _n . reshape long var ,i(tmp) . drop tmp . replace _j = cond(_j == 1, 4, 8) . sort _j ,stable . ren (_j var)(var#) ,addnum Note that short, unprecise questions without any information about the planned analysis or a brief description of the underlying problem, combined with simplified examples are likely to get answers that may not be appropriate for your "real" data, if at all. Best Daniel -- Hi, all How to transform the original format of two variables to the new format of two variables? [...] * * 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/