I am not sure from your message whether you are aware of that:
-index()- was just renamed. The new name is -strpos()-.
Also not that -index()- still works in Stata 10 under version control.
ben
On Jan 24, 2008 9:15 PM, Newson, Roger B <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a Stata 10 query on string functions. Why is the string function
> -index()- no longer available in Stata 10 (as it was in Stata 9 and
> several previous versions)? I would be surprised if I couldn't find
> substitutes for it on a case-by-case basis, but was there any special
> reason for dropping it?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Roger
>
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