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I take "cell" to denote an observation of a -string- variable... Install
Nick`s -ssc inst egenmore- and:
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clear*
input str30 mystr
"first st|r|"
"se|cond str|ing"
"third string"
"fou||rth| strin|g"
end
compress
egen numberofocc= /*
*/ noccur(mystr) , string(|)
list, noobs
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HTH
Martin
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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. September 2009 12:16
An: [email protected]
Betreff: st: Count special characters
Dear Statalisters,
is there a command that I can use to count the number of "|" in a cell?
Thank you very much.
AR
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