ENCODELABEL: Stata module to encode string variable into categorical variable

Daniel Klein ()
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Daniel Klein: Universität Kassel

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: encodelabel is an alternative to encode with the label() option that adds to the value label starting with the value 1 and skipping the values that are already present.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 11.2
Keywords: data management; encode; string; numeric; value labels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-10-31, Revised 2024-10-08
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install encodelabel". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/encodelabel.sthlp help file (text/plain)

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