{"id":3000,"date":"2023-01-17T13:27:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microdata.no\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2023-11-22T14:36:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T13:36:05","slug":"more-compressed-recoding-of-variables-inlist-and-inrange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microdata.no\/en\/more-compressed-recoding-of-variables-inlist-and-inrange\/","title":{"rendered":"More compressed recoding of variables: inlist and inrange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The functions inlist<\/code> and inrange<\/code> can be used to set up compressed code expressions for coding variables, so that scripts are more clear and less resource-demanding to run.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

These functions are ideal if you want to create extensive code conditions, usually in combination with generate<\/code> and replace<\/code> expressions, e.g. if you want to make a rough grouping of municipalities, where you need to list larger sets of municipality codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inlist function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When coding\/recoding variables based on long if conditions, the function inlist<\/code> can be useful to use. An example is if you want to create a variable that takes the value 1 for people who live in a sample of 100 municipalities. This would have given a generate<\/code> or replace<\/code> command with a very long if expression. When using inlist<\/code>, this can be made more compressed by listing all the municipality numbers separated by commas inside function brackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The logical function inlist<\/code> is set to 1 (“true”) if the value in the first argument is found among the remaining arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arguments to the function can be both variables and values \u200b\u200b(all types).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n