I am trying the following command to destring variables in the IMF weo data just released. I imported it to Stata but allvariables become string. When I use Stata's destring command, values that are negativebecomes positive,i.e lose the negative sign. Any help would be appreciated. A loop...
Title destring — Convert string variables to numeric variables and vice versa stata.com Description Syntax Remarks and examples Also see Quick start Options for destring Acknowledgment Menu Options for tostring References Description destring converts variables in varlist from string to numeric. If var...
Hi all, I am having trouble with destring in an ado. When I run the ado I get the following error: . destring blkgrp, g(bgtemp) force __000001 already defined r(110); end of do-file r(110); But after I get this error, if I just run the destring command again, it works ...
st: RE: RE: Bug with destring or operator error? From"Ben Hoen" <bhoen@lbl.gov> To<statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> Subjectst: RE: RE: Bug with destring or operator error? DateThu, 22 Aug 2013 14:26:34 -0400