asad
> I need to create a string ID (var1) by preserving the
> blanks, using numeric variables id01 and id02:
>
> id01 id02
> 1 688
> 1 8
> 1 88
>
> I need to obtain Var1:
> Var1 varn1 varn2
> 1 688 .1.688 1688
> 1 8 .1...8 18
> 1 88 .1..88 188
>
>
> If I do the following:
>
> g str2 id01s=string(id01)
> g str4 id02s=string(id02)
> replace id02s=cond(length(id02s)==1,""+""+ id02s,
> id02s)
> replace id02s=cond(length(id02s)==2,""+ id02s, id02s)
> g str6 varn2=id01s+ido2s
> ; I GET VARN2.
>
> AND IF I put ".", i get varn1.
>
> I GET VARN1. ANY IDEA ON HOW TO GET VAR1?
I guess you want something like (this is one line):
gen str6 var1 = " " + string(id01)
+ substr(" ",1,4 - length(string(id02))
+ string(id02)
In short, a space is a character and you can refer to it
as " ".
Nick
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