replace varname = substr(varname,1,50)
compress varname
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of susanne
neckermann
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: cut string variables
Hello,
I cannot open a data set in my intercooled Stata version because one of
the
variables is a string with 102 characters and intercooled Stata only
allows
for 80.
I can open the data set at a friend's computer who has the full version
of
stata. But we have not found out, what the command is to cut the length
of
this particular string. so that we can change the data set and I can
work
with it on my computer.
It would be o.k., if only the first 50 characters or so remain.
Can you help?
Thank you very much.
Greetings from Switzerland,
Susanne
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