A link to the cartoon (or is that carteen? cartaan?)
http://books.google.com/books?id=UGGhM2XKE_0C&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq=%22R.W.+Wood%22%26+carrot+%26+parrot&source=bl&ots=o6ARy2atXR&sig=JQqzOz_BrG6xzaKFQsFmO7VXB98&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result
>>> On 1/5/2009 at 3:09 PM, in message
<031173627889364697C50B3B266CBB8A03F4E7D6@GEOGMAIL.geog.ad.dur.ac.uk>, "Nick
Cox" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Howard's typo here may confuse a few. On carrots, carets, carats, etc.
> see e.g.
>
> <http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/carat.html>
>
> While I'm at it, let's recall the physicist R.W. Wood (fl.1900)
>
> The Parrot and the Carrot
>
> The Parrot and the Carrot we may easily confound,
> They're very much alike in looks and similar in sound,
> We recognize the Parrot by his clear articulation,
> For Carrots are unable to engage in conversation.
>
> The cartoon that goes with this poem is worth hunting down.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Howard Lempel
>
> BW, carrot (^) tells Stata you are searching for characters at the
> beginning of a string only, so you probably want something to the effect
> of:
>
> Gen var2 = regexr(var1,^("MR" | "MR." | "Mr" | . . .),)
>
>
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