Re: st: List command

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

Since "TAGAMET" is a string it needs to be enclosed in double quote marks

Rich

Daniel Sepulveda-Adams wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I know this is a basic question but I'm having problems to list a specific
> element in a variable. The elements in the variables are drugs names,
> therefore are string format.
>
> The command that I'm using is:
>
> List [name of the variable] if [name of the variable]==TAGAMET
>
> Could somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong? or if there is other way to do
> that? Thank your for your time.
>
> Best regards -- Daniel Sepulveda
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