Dear All, Are there alternative to do the following two cases.
Code:
// (1) numeric to string
* Example generated by -dataex-. For more info, type help dataex
clear
input float IT
0
1
0
1
end

label define it 0 "Non-IT" 1 "IT"
label values IT it

// (2) string to numeric
* Example generated by -dataex-. For more info, type help dataex
clear
input str14 x
"High"
"Average"      
"Low"      
end

label define xv 1 "High" 2 "Average" 3 "Low"
encode x, gen(wanted) label(xv)
Any suggestions are highly appreciated.