Re: st: substring search

[David Harless <dwharles@vcu.edu>]

Andy Choi wrote:
> Hi, I am a beginner at STATA.  I am cleaning a
> medication file, and I was wondering if anyone knew
> how to search for a substring without specifying its
> position in the string.  
> Thanks, 
> Andy
Try the -index- function as in
list if index(var_name,"ABC")
or creating an indicator variable
gen has = (index(var_name,"ABC"))

I hope this helps.
Dave Harless
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