st: converting string to numerals

[ramesh <ramesh.ghim@gmail.com>]

Hello statalist,
I have a very basic question about coding string variables. My variable is
expressed as strongly disagree, disagree, neither disagree nor agree, agree,
and strongly agree. I want to code them -2 if strongly disagree, -1 if
disagree, 0 if neither disagree nor agree, 1 if agree, and 2 if strongly
agree. I used encode(var), gen(var1), but it coded the scales randomly. Is
there any direct way to preserve the order in data coding?

Thanks,
Ramesh 



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