st: re: merge (?) problem

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

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Ashim said

Okie dokie. Thank you for the tips! Many times I have a question and I
don't know "what to search for " as in what keyword to search for and
I end up posting my questions here, thanks for pointing me in the
right direction.



Well, your last query was about words in a local macro. -findit word-  
leads you to -help macro-, which leads you to -help extended_fcn-,  
which provides

    Macro extended functions for parsing

        word count string

        word # of string

which appear to be spot on. I don't see that it is exactly "I don't  
know what to search for" as much as a lack of perseverance in reading  
and digesting what is readily available.

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html


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