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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wallace, John
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 4:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: string question
You're looking for the -subinstr- function:
.gen newvar = subinstr(oldvar,".","",.)
The syntax shows that in each instance of oldvar, the "." character is to be
replaced with an empty string, ""
You can find this in the online stata help by typing
. whelp strfun
...which will show you all the functions for manipulating strings.
Best regards,
John Wallace | Research Associate | Test Method Development
AFFYMETRIX, INC. | 3380 Central Expressway | Santa Clara, CA 95051 | Tel:
408-731-5574 | Fax: 408-481-0435
-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Rodrigo Briceno
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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