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st: RE: problem converting a string variable to a numeric variable
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"Cohen, Elan" <[email protected]>
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
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st: RE: problem converting a string variable to a numeric variable
Date
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:26:25 +0000
-encode- is the wrong command for this job. (Read the help file more closely to understand why.)
Try -destring-.
- Elan
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gwinyai Masukume
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 13:18
To: statalist
Subject: st: problem converting a string variable to a numeric variable
Dear Stata listers,
I have a variable weight. The original dataset has weight as a string
variable. Type - str13
Format - %13s.
encode weight, generate(weightgrams)
The above code apparently creates a numeric variable weightgrams.
Type - long
Format - %13.0g
However when dealing with this new variable e.g summ weightgrams, I get
completely abnormal results which bear no resemblance to the expected
results for the variable weight.
I suspect there is some kind of error in conversion from a string to
numeric variable.
I am using version 12.1
Kind regards,
Gwinyai
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