On 10/26/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to know how to output a result of a program involving
> strings. Please, find an example below , in which the variable "person" is
> a string variable. The aim is to output these strings together with
> numeric data (not shown). However, my current approach only allows one to
> output data as a double-spaced text, whereas I wish to output data in a
> single-spaced text to save space. Furthermore, I could not figure out a
> solution searching in manuals. If you have any tip, I will be very
> grateful for your help.
>
> Thanks to Maarten and Kit for their help on my old questions.
>
> All the best,
>
> Tiago
> -------------------------------------------------
> clear
> set obs 10
> input str20 person
> Princess Diana
> John
> Paul
> Bush Kill�s Everybody
> Clinton
> Michael & Children
> Gordon Brown
> Tony Blair
> Lula
> Castro IsDa Man
> end
> local N = _N
> forvalues i = 1/`N' {
> local ID`i' = abbrev(person[`i'],10)
> }
> forvalues i = 1/`N' {
> di in green _n _col(12) %25s " `ID`i'' " "{c |}"
> }
Remove the newline display directive, "_n," in the -display- statement.
Scott
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