Re: st: RE: Preventing -infix- from trimming string variables

[Ron�n Conroy <rconroy@rcsi.ie>]

Nick Cox wrote:

> I started writing a work-around, got some way with -file-
> and then thought of a good name, -intext-.
>
> A -findit- then revealed that Roger Newson had taken every
> such step before, and many more.
>
> See -intext- on SSC.
Many thanks, Nick. I had been fooling around with -pad- which you wrote 
for Stata 4! My next problem, which was how to append all the text files 
to a master file, is taken care of by -intext-, however, suggesting that 
Roger has had exactly the problem I have.

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