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

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

The solution below makes a number of assumptions; here is a more general 
one:
. sysuse auto
. gen prend=real(substr(string(price),-1,.))

Rich

Michael Foster wrote:

> 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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