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st: Unique identifier from a string name
From
Barry Quinn <[email protected]>
To
"statlist ([email protected])" <[email protected]>
Subject
st: Unique identifier from a string name
Date
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:25:18 +0000
Dear Statalist,
I would like to create a uniquely identified numerical code from a string variable by ideally converting each letter of the string into a number (but any other solutions that could create a unique identifier from a string are welcomed).
Is there some way of reversing the function char() to do this ?
Many thanks
Barry Quinn
Lecturer in Finance
Queens University Belfast Tel: 028 9097 4824
Riddel Hall www.qub.ac.uk/mgt
185 Stramillis Road www.barryquinn.com
Belfast [email protected]
Northern Ireland @niperino
BT9 5EE
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