Re: st: Wildcard for string variables

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

I don't see any need for a wildcard; how about

gen byte newvar=substr(sequence,1,4)=="Tim"

Rich

Hugh Colaco wrote:
> Hi Statalisters,
>
> I am not sure how the string wildcard works. For example, I have a
> string variable called "sequence" that has the following
> observations:-
>
> 1. "Tim and Tom and Jane"
> 2. "Tim and Jane and Tom"
> 3. "Tom and Jane and Harry"
> 4. "Jane and Jill"
>
> I want to generate a new variable that equals one if Tim is the first
> name mentioned, and zero otherwise.
>
> Thanks in advance,
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