Re: st: Changing specific letter in observations from string variable

[Angel Pita-Duque <apitaduque@gmail.com>]

Hola,

Para resolverlo puedes usar el comando "recode". Los detalles los puedes 
ver en la ayuda.
Saludos.

Angel Pita-Duque
PhD Candidate
Geography Graduate Group
University of California Davis
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2425 Hart Hall
Davis, CA. 95616
Phone: +530-754 9576



Max Perez Leon wrote:

> Hello,
> I have a dataset that has the following problem:
>
> I suppose my dataset had some problem in a conversion from dbf to dat 
> and now, some observations in one of my string variable have the next 
> form:
> ...
> BA�OS
> SA�O
> CA�ARIS
> HUA�EC
> ...
>
> but they should be:
>
> ...
> BA�OS
> SA�O
> CA�ARIS
> HUA�EC
> ...
>
> How could I change that single letter?
> Thanks,
> Max PUCP-IEP
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