The ASCII code for CR (carriage return) is 13 and for LF
(line feed) is 10. The char() function should allow you
to specify these characters, but whether they will work
in index() via index(stringvar, char(13)) or
index(stringvar, char(10)), I don't know.
Tom
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Devra Golbe [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:38 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Devra Golbe
> Subject: st: replacing carriage return/linefeed in text strings
>
>
> Listers,
>
> I have a data file which includes several string variables
> which evidently
> contain an end-of-line character, as in the following
>
> list consid in 1/2
>
> consid
> 1. CASH
> NOTE
> LIA
> 2. CASH
>
> I'd like to break the string variables into multiple
> variables using the
> end-of-line character as a delimiter (and ultimately eliminate the
> end-of-line character). Because there are about 1400
> observations I'd like
> to avoid doing this by hand. I know I can search using the
> index function:
> index(stringvar, s2), but I don't know how to represent the
> end-of-line
> character for s2. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Devra
>
>
> .
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
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