Nick Cox, Michael Blasnik, and Frank de Libero wrote among other things:
Nick Cox wrote:
No; your memory is correct.
. ssc desc _gsoundex
reveals your soundex program.
Michael Blasnik wrote:
> Yes (except for the line break problems due to emailing) I
> still, have it
> too but had thought it was available on SSC. Maybe my memory
> is unclear.
Frank de Libero wrote:
>> Is this it?
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> *! soundex algorithm - vers 2.1 by M Blasnik 11oct2001
>> *! syntax: egen newvar=soundex(oldvar), [Length(int 4)]
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I need the function and succeeded in downloading it following
Nick's instruction. I did not, however, find any help file.
Michael: Could you provide one. It looks extremely useful.
Best,
Svend
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