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

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>