Re: [R] Advice on obscuring unique IDs in R

2011-01-06 Thread Petr Savicky
On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 09:19:49PM +, Anthony Staines wrote: Dear colleagues, This may be a question with a really obvious answer, but I can't find it. I have access to a large file with real medical record identifiers (mixed strings of characters and numbers) in it. These represent

[R] Advice on obscuring unique IDs in R

2011-01-05 Thread Anthony Staines
Dear colleagues, This may be a question with a really obvious answer, but I can't find it. I have access to a large file with real medical record identifiers (mixed strings of characters and numbers) in it. These represent medical events for many thousands of people. It's important to be able to

Re: [R] Advice on obscuring unique IDs in R

2011-01-05 Thread Seeliger . Curt
Dr. Anthony wrote on 01/05/2011 01:19:49 PM: This may be a question with a really obvious answer, but I can't find it. I have access to a large file with real medical record identifiers (mixed strings of characters and numbers) in it. ... It's not that trivial of a question, or more

Re: [R] Advice on obscuring unique IDs in R

2011-01-05 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Jan 5, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Anthony Staines wrote: Dear colleagues, This may be a question with a really obvious answer, but I can't find it. I have access to a large file with real medical record identifiers (mixed strings of characters and numbers) in it. These represent medical events