>
> Perhaps something like the following....
>
> gen new_id = real(subinstr(ID, " ","", . )
>
Typo error noticed (after reading David's post) above should be
gen new_id = real(subinstr(ID, " ", "", .))
Sorry for the error,
Neil
Neil Shephard
Genetics Statistician
ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester
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Ernest Rutherford
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