Combining some values of a single variable into one value in a different variable

[Jerome Anderson]

I have a variable, called X, w/ 9 values. I need to recode the values. I created a new variable, Y. I used replace Y = 1 if X == 4, etc. to generate the new values I want. Now I want to take the values 6, 7, 8, 9 in X and code them as 9 in Y. How do I do that? If i code replace Y = 9 if X == 6, and then say replace Y = 9 if X == 7, that doesn't add the number of observations coded as 7 to the number of observations coded as 6. It simply replaces the # of observations coded 6 w/ the # of observations coded 7. How can I sum 6, 7, 8, and 9 in X to the value 9 in Y?

[Andrew Musau]

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help recode

For x2, collapse 1 and 2 into 1, change 3 to 2, change 4 through 7 to 3, and store the results in nx2
. recode x2 (1 2 = 1) (3 = 2) (4/7 = 3), gen(nx2)

[Jerome Anderson]

Many thanks, Andrew. This worked.

I appreciate your response.