Substitute a varname below...
gen str1 c1 = substr( ltrim( subinstr( subinstr(string( varname ),"."," ",1) ,"-"," ",1)) ,1,1)
> >Michael wrote:
> >Does anyone have an easy way to identify the leading digit for each
> >entry in a diverse data set other than a series of
> inequality filters?
> >--------------------------------------------------
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