Re: [Gretl-users] Recode variable
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010, Laurent Schuermans wrote:
I have a bunch of dichotomious variables with categories 1 and 2
that I want to recode to 0 and 1, which is easier for
interpretation, but I don't know how to do this.
If you have a series y containing just 1s and 2s, and you want the
1s to become zeros and the 2s to become 1s then just subtract 1:
y -= 1
Take a look at the "dummify" command for more complex recoding
needs.
Allin Cottrell