st: Splitting long string variable

[Max Bulsara <max@dph.uwa.edu.au>]

Dear All
I have a long string variable that contains a two digit code. I need to 
split it into separate variables. I don't have a separator so cannot use 
'split'. I could use a substr command but the length of the string can be 
50 characters long and hence requires 25 substr commands. Is there another 
way of splitting this variable? I am using stata v9. Would appreciate any 
comments.

eg:
Var1                            Var11   Var12 Var13 Var14       Var15......
==========================================
aabbccddeeffgg          aa      bb      cc      dd      ee
aa  bbccgg  wwzz  rr    aa              bb      cc      gg
bbddyy                  bb      dd      yy


Regards
Max


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