colleagues --
i want to trim leading a trailing blanks off a string entered by a user
in a program -- the string is saved in local macro "model". the string
may be very long (longer than 256 characters).
when i use the following line:
local model = trim("`model'")
this works fine as long as `model' is shorter than 256 characters. when
longer, stata truncates the string (i think at 256 characters). is
there an easy way to trim leading and trailing blanks from a long
string? (i'm travelling, so don't have access to my manuals right now
-- so apologies if there's a ready answer in the manuals. i couldn't
find anything on the statalist archives).
thanks,
sean.
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school of education, CERAS building
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stanford university
stanford, ca 94305-3084
650.736.8517 (office phone)
650.723.9931 (office fax)
[email protected]
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