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st: Getting rid of units in string variable
From
"Kanter, Rebecca" <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: Getting rid of units in string variable
Date
Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:41:14 -0400
Hi,
I am in the process of converting string variables to numeric (e.g. weight values), but many have the units entered with the numeric value...
For example,
101.36kg
101.5
101.7
102.51
102kg
Is there an easier way to get rid of the "kg??"
Than to have to do:
replace var = "101.36" if var == "101.36kg" (for every entry with units attached)
Thanks so much,
Rebecca
___________________________________________
Rebecca M. Kanter
PhD Candidate
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of International Health
Center for Human Nutrition
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