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st: RE: how to handle this type of strings: "text (i.e it containes only one ")
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"Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
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st: RE: how to handle this type of strings: "text (i.e it containes only one ")
Date
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:19:14 +0100
<>
You need the double quotes described in [U], 18.3.5. Your reference may
differ slightly since you say you are a Stata 10 user.
*******
clear*
input str15 mystrvar
`""text"'
"other string"
end
list, noo
drop if mystrvar==`""text"'
list, noo
*******
HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Gonzalez
Sent: Samstag, 20. Februar 2010 17:18
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: how to handle this type of strings: "text (i.e it containes
only one ")
Dear members
I have a string VARIABLE that contains the following value "text (the " is
part of the string value).
and I want to delete those rows , but when i write
delete if VARIABLE=""text"
I get the following error
too few quotes
r(132);
i am using Stata 10.1
Thanks for your help
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