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st: Do-file no result, command line OK
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st: Do-file no result, command line OK
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Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:52:37 +0100
Dear Statalisters,
I am running a do-file on a large dataset (4'999'453 observations). One of my command is:
replace companyname_short=subinstr(companyname,"."," ",.)
That is, I replace the dot in the variable "companyname" by a blank in the variable "companyname_short". When I run the do-file, stata tells me that x hundred thousands of "real changes" have been made, but actually nothing have changed in my dataset when I open the data viewer. However, when I copy and past the command from the do-file into the command line, everything works fine.
Any idea to make it run smoothly with the do-file?
Best,
Xavier
Xavier Vollenweider
PhD candidate & Walsh fellow
London School of Economics
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