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Re: st: String Variable
From
Richard Goldstein <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: String Variable
Date
Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:17:55 -0400
try this
gen byte newvar=strpos(string variable,"A")>0
substitute the name of your string variable for "string variable"
Rich
On 6/8/11 10:08 AM, yj wrote:
> Hello, I'm a new user of STATA.
>
> I would like to generate a new variable if a concatenated string variable
> contains the character I want.
>
> eg.
>
> observation string variable
> 1 ABC
> 2 BC
> 3 AC
> 4 AFC
> 5 A
>
> I would like to create a new variable for observations where the string
> variable contains the letter A (its position in the string variable is
> irrelevant).
>
> Please help, thank you!
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