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Re: st: Change letter in string
From
Antoine Terracol <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: Change letter in string
Date
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:10:31 +0200
see -subinstr()-
replace lastname=subinstr(lastname,"e","a",.)
Antoine
On 28/06/2010 11:05, [email protected] wrote:
Hi,
I would like to ask you how I can change a letter in a string in stata.
For example I have a variable that contains last names. How can I change
the letter "e" with the letter "a" in all names? (i.e. if the name is
Beth I want to change it into Bath"
Thank you
Margie
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