hi, i've some trouble encoding string (months) in numerical variable (i need jan to be 1 and so on).
i've used this code
enc month, gen(month_num)
label define label_mon 1 "Jan" 2 "Feb" 3 "Mar" 4 "Apr" 5 "May" 6 "Jun" 7 "Jul" 8 "Aug" 9 "Sep" 10 "Oct" 11 "Nov" 12 "Dec"
label values month_num label_mon
tab month_num
but it gives me random number, even if i ask to define jan as 1
could you help me?
i've used this code
enc month, gen(month_num)
label define label_mon 1 "Jan" 2 "Feb" 3 "Mar" 4 "Apr" 5 "May" 6 "Jun" 7 "Jul" 8 "Aug" 9 "Sep" 10 "Oct" 11 "Nov" 12 "Dec"
label values month_num label_mon
tab month_num
but it gives me random number, even if i ask to define jan as 1
could you help me?
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