st: string question

["Rodrigo Briceno" <rbriceno@sanigest.com>]

Dear Statalisters.

I have a variable that is coded with a car�cter that I don't want to have
(The original variable is A03.1 for example and I want A031).
Is there a procedure in STATA to make this conversion?

Thanks!



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