I have come across a problem. I have a string variable made up of 2338
observations. These observations differ in "private", "public",
"defunct" and "acquired...."; but the "acquired" observations ever
specify sth more (for instance "acquired by alcatel", or "acquired by
cysco"..ecc). I need to use abbrev() in order to have only "acquired".
How can I use it?
Thank you very much!
Sara
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