foreach var of varlist diag* {
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:30 PM, sdm1 <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I have ten variables called diag1, diag2, ... diag10.
>
> I would like to do a replace such that:
>
> replace vara=1 if diag1=="A" | diag2=="A" | diag3=="A" ... .
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> I would rather not have to write out all ten conditions.
> Is there a wild character, like *, I can use in the variable name so that
> this works:
>
> replace vara=1 if diag*=="A"
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve
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