Hi.

I want to assign values to string data. Therefore I tried to convert the string var into a numeric one containing data like
Code:
fre new_numeric_var
1 "theatre one"
2 "central theatre"
3 "museum downtown"
4 "whatever"
...
So, each text entered by the intereviewer for a respondent should be assigned a number - identical chars the same number (observations with 100% identical string answers the same number).
I tried this submitting
Code:
egen t1m19v09_1_e0 = group(t1m19v09_1), label
Stata prompts "too few quotes",
So, according to Nick's recommendations in the thread
https://www.stata.com/statalist/arch.../msg00712.html
I checked varlabel ("Musik: Sonstiges (offen)") and
Code:
update query
- but "all files are up to date".

What options are left to be checked?