Re: st: removing blanks in string variable

[Philip Ryan <philip.ryan@adelaide.edu.au>]

The function -subinstr()- appears to work:

. clear
. input str12 x

                x
  1. "123 456 789"
  2. end

. gen str12 y = subinstr(x," ","",.)  /* note 2nd argument is space, 3rd is 
null string,
4th is a period, signifying all spaces are to be eliminated */

. compress
. list

                x             y
  1.  123 456 789     123456789


Phil



At 01:46 PM 16/01/2003 +0100, you wrote:

> I have a string variable, which looks like "12 34 56 78". How can I remove
> the blanks to obtain "12345678" ? I guess it can be done with -gen
> x=subinstr(s1,s2,s3,n), but I do not get the syntax correct. I checked the
> archives and the FAQs without success.
>
> Thanks in advance, greetings,
> -- Daniel
>
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