Can you provide an example?
In the simple example below, I believe -egen, ends()- is correctly
separating the head from the tail in the long string (str229).
Scott
clear
set obs 1
local string = c(alpha)
forv i = 1/10 {
foreach a of local string {
local st = "`st'`a'"
}
local string = c(Wdays)
if `i' <10 {
local st = "`st'`a',"
}
if `i' == 9 {
local string = c(ALPHA)
}
}
gen foo = "`st'"
egen foo1 = ends(foo), punct(,) head trim
egen foo2 = ends(foo), punct(,) last trim
egen foo3 = ends(foo), punct(,) tail trim
desc
l foo1 foo2
----- Original Message -----
From: Marcello Pagano <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:29 am
Subject: st: ends (egen)
To: [email protected]
>
> [email protected] 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.
> >
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