This makes it a little difficult to keep track of what has
not yet been identified as OK. See my earlier
posting for another way to do it.
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Doug Owens
> Sent: 09 May 2005 16:19
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: Re: replace a string variable
>
>
> what about
>
> replace vend = "STRYKER" if index(vend,"STRYKER")
> replace vend = "ZIMMER" if index(vend,"ZIMMER")
> replace vend = "SULZER" if index(vend,"SULZER")
>
> then there should onyl be a few lines with typos left over, e.g.,
> STYKER ITALIA SRL
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