Re: st: finding a sequence of numbers within a numeric variable

[Michael McCulloch <mm@pinest.org>]

Thanks Friedrich, works very well! Yes, the data were in numeric format.


> Michael,
>
> I assume the variable is in numeric format.
>
> . list
>
>      +-------+
>      |   var |
>      |-------|
>   1. |  8070 |
>   2. | 80703 |
>   3. |  8071 |
>      +-------+
>
> . list if substr(string(var),1,4)=="8070"
>
>      +-------+
>      |   var |
>      |-------|
>   1. |  8070 |
>   2. | 80703 |
>      +-------+
>
> Friedrich
>
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Michael McCulloch <mm@pinest.org> wrote:
> >  Hello,
> >  If I have a variable that contains:
> >         8070
> >         80703
> >         8071
> >  is it possible to define an -if- statement that will give me
> >         8070
> >         80703
> >  but not
> >         8071
> >  ?
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