Re: st: creating a variable equal to the last number of another

[Michael Foster <mike4kids@gmail.com>]

good morning,

here's what I'd do -- the original variable is -occ-

   gen lastdigit=occ-int(occ/10)*10

that should work--
michael

UNC School of Public Health



Mar�a Paula Cacault wrote:
> Dear listers:
> I have a variable (occupational code) that takes values 1 to 10000 but
> always finishes in 1, 2, 3 or 4 (qualification level). I need to create a
> new variable with this last numbers (qualification level) so my new variable
> takes values 1 2 3 and 4 (the original variable has no puncts or commas
> separating the figures).
> Is there a way to do it?
> Thank you very much
>   
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