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I have a column of 4 different Letters(H,B,A,S) and i want to create three
different dummy columns of 1's and 0's to do a regression. How do i create an if statement to say if column A is H then 1 if not then 0? I've tried: =if(A2=H,1,0) and it said there was Name error Help Please |
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=IF(A2="H",1,0)
"rz-illini85" wrote: I have a column of 4 different Letters(H,B,A,S) and i want to create three different dummy columns of 1's and 0's to do a regression. How do i create an if statement to say if column A is H then 1 if not then 0? I've tried: =if(A2=H,1,0) and it said there was Name error Help Please |
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=--A2="H"
etc. -- --- HTH Bob (change the xxxx to gmail if mailing direct) "rz-illini85" wrote in message ... I have a column of 4 different Letters(H,B,A,S) and i want to create three different dummy columns of 1's and 0's to do a regression. How do i create an if statement to say if column A is H then 1 if not then 0? I've tried: =if(A2=H,1,0) and it said there was Name error Help Please |
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Bob
Wouldn't that need to be: =--(A2="H") Richard Bob Phillips wrote: =--A2="H" etc. -- --- HTH Bob (change the xxxx to gmail if mailing direct) "rz-illini85" wrote in message ... I have a column of 4 different Letters(H,B,A,S) and i want to create three different dummy columns of 1's and 0's to do a regression. How do i create an if statement to say if column A is H then 1 if not then 0? I've tried: =if(A2=H,1,0) and it said there was Name error Help Please |
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Of course it would, I kep making that error <g
Bob (change the xxxx to gmail if mailing direct) "RichardSchollar" wrote in message oups.com... Bob Wouldn't that need to be: =--(A2="H") Richard Bob Phillips wrote: =--A2="H" etc. -- --- HTH Bob (change the xxxx to gmail if mailing direct) "rz-illini85" wrote in message ... I have a column of 4 different Letters(H,B,A,S) and i want to create three different dummy columns of 1's and 0's to do a regression. How do i create an if statement to say if column A is H then 1 if not then 0? I've tried: =if(A2=H,1,0) and it said there was Name error Help Please |
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