Re: st: Using the -if- qualifier with a string variable

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@nd.edu>]

At 03:15 PM 4/3/2005 +0000, louis boakye-yiadom wrote:
> Dear All,
> Can the -if- qualifier be used with a string variable? If so, how is it 
> done? I gave the following command, and had the shown result:
> . keep if facility==bir
> bir not found
> r(111);
>
> "facility" is a string variable and "bir" is one of the values "facility" 
> takes. Thank you.

keep if facility=="bir"

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