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Re: st: how to create panel id
From
Richard Goldstein <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: how to create panel id
Date
Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:10:09 -0400
egen ID=group(Ticker)
Rich
On 7/9/13 3:03 PM, Xixi Lin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a very simple question: how can I create IDs for panel data? In
> other words, I need a ID number to replace the ticker name.
>
> For example:
> Ticker Date ID
> A 1 1
> A 2 1
> A 3 1
> A 4 1
> B 1 2
> B 2 2
> B 3 2
> B 4 2
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Best,
> Xixi Lin
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