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st: Creating new variable which includes the first 6 symbols of a 9 symbol string variable
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"Dassen, Sander (Stud. SBE / Alumni)" <[email protected]>
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st: Creating new variable which includes the first 6 symbols of a 9 symbol string variable
Date
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:04:59 +0100
I need to create a new variable which includes the first 6 symbols of a 9 symbol string variable.
For example:
Y7542C106
should be returned as:
Y7542C
Many thanks
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