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From	"Brenkers, Randy" <[email protected]>
To	<[email protected]>
Subject	st: simple question on string variables
Date	Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:06:05 +0100

Hello,
I have a string variable "id".
id
a1
a2
a3
a4 
a12
a13
b1
b2
b20
...

How can I create a string variable that contains only the first letter of each observation?

Thanks

Randy Brenkers
PhD student Applied Economic Sciences
KULeuven

Naamsestraat 69 04.143
3000 Leuven
Belgium

Tel:+32(0)16326952


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