Gonzalo, try this: compute item3=10*item1+item2.

Hector Maletta Universidad del Salvador Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gonzalo Kmaid wrote: > > In article <saccojos-ya023480002703970035290001@news.msu.edu>, > saccojos@pilot.msu.edu says... > >hi, > >I have two variables, say, item1 and item2 and want to create a third > >variable item3 that is a concatentation of item1 and item2. e.g., if > >item1=2 and item2=6 then item3=26 without using if then statements. any > >ideas? > >>please respond via email as well as by post. > >thanks. > > A somewhat ineficient way to this is to create "duplicates" of the numeric > variables but as string ones (using compute and the 'string' function), then > concatenate them using the 'concatenate' function in a compute statement, > and then creating a numeric variable from the string-concatenated-variable > (using the 'number' function in a compute statement)...for sure there is a > more elegant way to do this...any additional help? :-):-) > > Gonzalo Kmaid > > -- > Field of Development Sociology > Cornell University > Ithaca, New York 14853