st: RE:matrix of characters

["Feiveson, Alan H. (JSC-SK311)" <alan.h.feiveson@nasa.gov>]

characters (not necessarily the same as matrices of character). Here it
is again.

..also, since you can't really do mathematical operations on matrices of
characters, I'm curious as to what one would or could do with such a
matrix that would be difficult or could not be done with a bunch of
1-character string variables in ordinary Stata format.

Al Feiveson


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