st: Using regex to identify strings with capital letters

["Beecroft, Erik (VDSS)" <erik.beecroft@dss.virginia.gov>]

Thank you to Martin and Nick for solving my problem, Martin with the
regexm function and Nick with inrange.

Both of these work with my data:
	keep if regexm(substr(var1,1,2) , "^([A-Z][A-Z])")
	keep if inrange(substr(var1,1,1), "A", "Z") &
inrange(substr(var1,2,1), "A","Z")

Both also keep records that begin with "PO" for Post Office box.  These
records I don't want, but easily dropped by modifying Martin's
suggestion:
	drop if regexm(substr(var1,1,2) , "^([P][O])")

Thank you for your help.

Erik


Martin is correct that -inrange("Er", "AA", "ZZ")- is true. Possibly
this is Erik's specific problem, namely that having the first capital
letter in "A" ... "Z" is necessary but not sufficient. 

I offer as a stronger criterion 

inrange(substr(myvar,1,1), "A", "Z") & inrange(substr(myvar,2,1), "A",
"Z")

I continue to like regex solutions when they are the simplest available!

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 


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