st: ends (egen)

[Marcello Pagano <pagano@hsph.harvard.edu>]

NWatson@lecg.com wrote:
> I am working with very long string variables which I need to break up 
> in different ways. To do so I am using the ends (egen) command. After 
> some puzzling results (i.e. the command was working on some variables 
> but not on others), I think I discovered that  the ends (egen) command 
>  only  searches for the specified text over the first 110/112 
> characters. Is this correct? If so, is there anyway to force the 
> command to span all characters? If not, I think a warning should be 
> introduced in the STATA manuals.
>
> Best,
>
> Nadine 
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