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Re: separating string variables for pregnancy complication questions [message #11680 is a reply to message #11679]

Fri, 27 January 2017 03:41

schoumaker
Messages: 66
Registered: May 2013
Location: Belgium

Senior Member

Hello,
The few lines below will create new dichotomous variable (Q406_A, q406_B,...). There may be other ways to do this, but this should work.
Best,
Bruno

***

local resp "A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z"
foreach var of local resp {
gene q406_`var'=1 if regexm(q406,"`var'")==1
replace q406_`var'=0 if regexm(q406,"`var'")!=1 & q406!=""
}

Bruno Schoumaker
Centre for Demographic Research
Université catholique de Louvain

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		separating string variables for pregnancy complication questions By: chr8850 on Thu, 26 January 2017 22:09
		Re: separating string variables for pregnancy complication questions By: schoumaker on Fri, 27 January 2017 03:41
		Re: separating string variables for pregnancy complication questions By: chr8850 on Wed, 15 February 2017 20:25

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