Recoding a variable

[Fahmida Huq]

Hello,

I need to recode a variable named bqbitchyeyes from hsn 1004 to 2665. I'm using the following command for this-

recode bqbitchyeyes (.=0) (0=0) (1=1) if hsn<=2665, gen( bqbitchyeyes_new)
However, this command seems to have some error, as it is showing type mismatch. Can someone please help me to solve the problem? Thanks.

Fahmida

[Rich Goldstein]

it sounds like bqbitchyeyes is a string variable; please show the result of

d bqbitchyeyes

or it may be that hsn is a string variable in which case you need to surround the 2665 with double quote marks