st: RE: RE: AW: Search for string values in dataset??

["Liao, Junlin" <junlin-liao@uiowa.edu>]

Very clever. We can simply apply either the -lower- or -upper- function to both the argument in -strmatch-, -regexm-, or -index-(strops) functions. It will render those functions case insensitive. Thanks,

Junlin


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One way to match insensitive to case would be to create a lowercase (and (optionally) temporary) version of the string variable and match on that, so:

*********************!
clear
inp str10(var1)
"GmbH7UuIZ"
"GMbH7UuIZ"
"gmbh7Uuiz"
end

//1.  from Markus and Junlin//
g one = 1 if strmatch(var1, "*GmbH*")
g byte two = regexm(var1, "GmbH")
list var1 if regexm(var1, "GmbH")

//2.  Another option:  index //
g str10 three = var1 if index(var1, "GmbH") g str10 four = var1 if index(var1, "gmbh") list var1 if index(var1, "GmbH")

//3.  case insensitive - lower case matches // tempvar var1_lower g `var1_lower' = lower(var1) g str10 five = var1 if index(`var1_lower', "gmbh")
/* could evaluate to 1 if matched (instead of var1 contents) */ l *********************!

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On Feb 21, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Liao, Junlin wrote:

> Continue on this topic, anyone has a good way to make those two
> commands case insensitive? Thanks,
>
> Junlin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Liao,
> Junlin
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 9:40 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: RE: AW: Search for string values in dataset??
>
> Miyu,
>
> Another command is -regexm-
>
> gen byte GmbH_Match = regexm(variable, "GmbH")
>
> If you simply want to list the entries:
>
> list variable if regexm(variable, "GmbH")
>
> Junlin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Wiemann,
> Markus
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 9:17 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: AW: Search for string values in dataset??
>
> Hi Miyu,
>
> try the -strmatch- command.
> For example:
> gen GmbH = 1 if strmatch(variablename, "*GmbH*")
>
>
> Best
> Markus
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
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> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von miyu Lee
> Gesendet: Montag, 21. Februar 2011 16:12
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: st: Search for string values in dataset??
>
> Is there ANY way to search for specific string values in a dataset with string variables? For example: I am searching for all entries showing the part "GmbH" in a vector with firm names. I have a bad feeling about this!
>
> Best
> Miyu
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