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Re: st: How to drop variables with odd-numbered varname-suffix
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: How to drop variables with odd-numbered varname-suffix
Date
Fri, 4 Mar 2011 18:03:07 +0000
foreach v of var * {
if mod(real(substr("`v'",-1,1)), 2) == 1 drop `v'
}
Nick
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Ben Ammar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> one quick question: How can I drop variables whose varname ends with an odd number (household1 household3 household5)?
> I know how to drop odd-numbered observations but unfortunately not how to delete the variable with an odd-numbered suffix itself?
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