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| From | Joe Canner <jcanner1@jhmi.edu> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | RE: st: generating number list depending on another variable |
| Date | Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:20:58 +0000 |
The solution (whether converting to 1-100 or 2345-2434) should be quite simple, but you need to tell us what you have done so far. For example, what did the variable look like when it was a string? What did you do to convert it to numeric? What does it look like now? -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Patricia Biedermann Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 11:17 AM To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: Re: st: generating number list depending on another variable It was a string and is now numeric (I also needed it numeric for other analysis). Anyway, I will see if I find a solution. I just need to create a new variable with new ID numbers, not necessarily from 1-100, but e.g. 2345-2434; Variable1 Variable2 AL 2345 AL 2345 BS 2355 BS 2355 BS 2355 SF 2356 etc. Sorry for my blurry communication. On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > you should not be using -egen- at all as far as I can see > > you have now contradicted yourself (is variable 1 numeric or string?) so > maybe someone else can help you > > Rich > > On 3/19/14, 10:58 AM, Patricia Biedermann wrote: >> Hello, >> -decode seems not to work with string variables. So I used encode. >> - When I generate variable2 with egen variable2=fill(1(1)100) I get >> this result: >> >> Variable 1 Variable 2 >> AL 1 >> AL 2 >> AL 3 >> BS 4 >> BS 5 >> BS 6 >> BS 7 >> BS 8 >> SF 9 >> SF 10 >> ZG 11 >> etc etc. >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Richard Goldstein >> <richgold@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >>> then -decode- it is one option >>> >>> however, if it is already numeric doesn't it already meet what you want? >>> if not, what is wrong with it? >>> >>> Rich >>> >>> On 3/19/14, 10:49 AM, Patricia Biedermann wrote: >>>> Hi Richard, >>>> Thanks for your reply. Variable 1 is already encoded....it's a long >>>> variable now. >>>> Pati >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Richard Goldstein >>>> <richgold@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >>>>> 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! > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/