rencode
Encode string variables in place
Installation
net install rencode, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bbdaniels/stata/main/")Description
rencode encodes string variables and replaces them with the encoded numeric version, preserving the variable name.
Syntax
rencode string_varlist
Example
* Standard encode requires a new variable name
encode mystring, gen(mystring_num)
* rencode replaces in place
rencode mystring
* mystring is now numeric with value labels
Author
Benjamin Daniels (bbdaniels@gmail.com)