st: Re: "index" not documented in help in Stata 9?

["Sergiy Radyakin" <Radyakin@aoek.uni-hannover.de>]

Hello Tim,


The following existing functions have been renamed:

old name        new name
index()            strpos() 
.........other functions.....................

Source: http://www.stata.com/stata9/dm.html

Please use -version- if you want to use old syntax

Regards, Sergiy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Wade" <wadetj@gmail.com>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 4:21 PM
Subject: st: "index" not documented in help in Stata 9?



> Hi Statalisters:
>
> Does anyone know why the -index- string function is not documented
> anymore in the help file in Stata 9? -indexnot- is documented, but to
> me this is a less useful funciton. I was trying to explain -index-  to
> someone and ended up frustrating them by telling them to look for it
> in the help. Is it not being supported anymore, or is this a mistake?
> Thanks, Tim
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