If any string variable still contains any nonnumeric or illegal Unicode characters after the ignore string has been removed, no action will take place for that variable unless force is also specified. Note that to Stata the comma is a nonnumeric character; see also the dpcomma option below. ...
stata destring — Convert string variables to numeric variables and vice versa Syntax Menu Description Options for destring Options for tostring Remarks and examples Acknowledgment References Also see Syntax Convert string variables to numeric variables ...
To<statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> Subjectst: RE: convert string date variable into numeric DateWed, 1 Oct 2003 18:13:58 +0100 FF NN wrote > What command should I use? It's a little complex, > isn't it? Hi FF NN (may I call you FF?): . help datefcn Otherwise, if you wer...
The string option specifies that j take on nonnumeric values. The result is 图片.png sex will be a string variable. Similarly, these data can be converted from long to wide form by typing reshape wide inc,i(id)j(sex)string Strings are not limited to being single characters or even havin...
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To statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject Re: st: How to convert exponential format into numeric values in stata Date Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:38:26 -0500when you use stat/transfer, go to the "variables" window and make this variable a string variable Rich On 2/28/11 4:26 PM, Indu Kh...
You read the date information into string variables and then these functions convert the string into something Stata can use, namely, a numeric Stata date variable. You use generate to create the Stata date variables. The conversion functions are used in the expres- sions, such as . generate...
When i used stat transfer to >> export it into stata, it generated this in stata file: >> 1.297e+14 >> 1.605e+14 >> >> How can I have the same id number in stata directly from excel or >> convert exponential format into numeric values when data is in stata >> ?? >> >> ...