Date:         Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:24:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Jeff Morison <jmt_mtf@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Jeff Morison <jmt_mtf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Replacing certain values with unique dummies
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  I have a variable with 9 digit values, some of which
could be just 9s, zeros or missing, I need to replace
them with an unique dummy as follows, appreciate any
thoughts.

old_var        new_var
123456789    123456789
234567891    234567891
0            A00000001
0            A00000002
9            A00000003
403815720    403815720
256188877    256188877
.            A00000004
.            A00000005
0            A00000006
0            A00000007
9            A00000008
.            A00000009
9            A00000010


TIA,
Jeff

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