[Gretl-devel] Re: Probably a bug in stringify()

On Sun, 1 Nov 2020, Sven Schreiber wrote: > Am 02.11.2020 um 00:31 schrieb Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti: >> On Sun, 1 Nov 2020, Allin Cottrell wrote: >> >>>> Then I could do >>>>> >>>>> stringify(x, S, <some option>) >>>>> >>>>> and I'd get a series with m distinct values, where m is the number of >>>>> distinct strings in S, with numeric codes set to match. Basically >>>>> it's a >>>>> third way to create a string-valued series, besides importation >>>>> from a >>>>> suitable file and stringification of a series that already holds >>>>> suitable numeric codes. >>>> >>>> Perhaps this could be achieved without an extra option - again, the >>>> doc >>>> says all positive integers for normal use; so perhaps if x is a >>>> zero-valued series this could be taken to mean this alternative usage. >>> >>> Good idea. We could do that if we reckon it's worthwhile. Any takers >>> for the idea? >> >> Sorry guys, I don't mean to be a spoilsport, but what is the advantage >> compared to using "time" or "index" for this? As in >> >> <hansl> >> nulldata 5 >> S = defarray("Banks", "Collins", "Gabriel", "Hackett", "Rutherford") >> x = index >> stringify(x, S) >> print x -o >> </hansl> > > what if you have repeated values? Ah ok, point taken.