[ESS] Help to get a code for recoding

[mahfuz rahman]

Hi,Suppose I have following data file, the name of data file is A which is in CSV format.The first row represents the variable names.  
s    e     d   v1    v2    v3    v4   v5    v6;
2    6     2    1     .     .     .    .     .
3    5     0    1     1     .     .    .     1
.    .     .    1     1     1     1    .     1
2    3     5    1     .     .     1    1     1

Now I want to put 5 in the variables starting from s=2 and ending at e=6, e.i. starting from v2 to v6, if the variable d is greater than 1. But I want the columns s & e as the index of starting and ending of entry, I don't want the incorporation of any value directly, so that I can use this programme for a very large number of variables and cases, and for that the entry of 5 in the data file depends on the s and e variables. e.g. If s is 2 then the recoding should start from v2 and if e is 6 the recoding should end at v6. Now I want my new table looks like as follows:  s    e     d   v1    v2    v3    v4   v5    v6  2    6     2    1     5     5      5     5      5  3    5     0    1     1                            1                     1     1     1      1             1  2    3     5    1     5     5      1     1      1
Is it possible to get this data in CSV? It would be great if you send me the code for doing this.
Thanks & RegardsMd. Mahfuzur RahmanDepartment of Population Science & Human Resource DevelopmentUniversity of Rajshahi Rajshahi-6025, Bangladesh 
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