Re: st: extract a subset of numbers from a bigger number

[David Kantor <dkantor@jhu.edu>]

At 10:30 AM 9/15/2004 -0700, Alejandro wrote:

> How can I extract the last 5 digits a 9-digit number
> (say a social security number) creating a new variable
> ?
>
> i.e.
>
> X                  newvar
> 999912345 --->     12345
>
> [...]

Try this:
gen long newvar = mod(X, 100000)

-- David


David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
dkantor@jhu.edu
410-516-5404

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