Patricia,
in case the two digits are alwas positioned in the very beginning of
the string, you could try this:
gen first_two_digits=substr(name_of_str_variable,1,2)
And you may want to take a look at..:
-help substr-
Kind regards,
sebastian
On 11/10/05, Patricia Vera Rojas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a string variable with different size:
>
> 01 XXX YYY ZZZ
> 02 XXXX YYY ZZZZZZ
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> 30 X Z YYYYY
>
> I want to get only the first two digits (01 to 30)
> How can I do it?
>
> Thanks,
> Patricia
>
>
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