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

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?