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Re: st: creating a panel id variable from strings and decimals
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: creating a panel id variable from strings and decimals
Date
Wed, 2 Jan 2013 14:40:35 +0000
This is an FAQ. See
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating group identifiers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox and W. Gould
3/01 How do I create individual identifiers numbered
from 1 upwards?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data-management/creating-group-identifiers/
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Nick
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Bülent Köksal <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1. How can I convert city names (strings) to city ids so that I can
> use it as a panel id variable?
>
> 2. What if there are numerical codes with decimals that correspond to
> each city rather than names. How can I achieve the same task above so
> that I can create a panel id variable?
>
> In the first case
>
> City
> AGB
> DFT
> EFH
> AGB
> EFH
> ...
>
> In the second case
>
> City
> 4.678
> 3.456
> 0.356
> 4.678
> 0.356
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