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Re: st: generating number list depending on another variable
From
Richard Goldstein <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: generating number list depending on another variable
Date
Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:43:13 -0400
it looks like variable 1 is a string variable so you want the -encode-
command; when you read the help file, pay attention to the "label" option
Rich
On 3/19/14, 10:34 AM, Patricia Biedermann wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Following problem:
> I have variable1 with different values (AL, BS, SF, ZK...etc.) and
> want to create another variable with a list of numbers reaching from
> e.g. 1-100;
> For each value in variable1 there should be the same number in
> variable2; it should look like that in the end:
>
> Variable 1 Variable 2
> AL 1
> AL 1
> AL 1
> BS 2
> BS 2
> BS 2
> BS 2
> BS 2
> SF 3
> SF 3
> ZG 4
> etc etc.
>
> I tried to use egen variable2=fill(1(1)100) also in combination with
> foreach; somehow generates values from 1-100 independently from
> Variable 1
>
> Thank you!
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