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Re: st: middle initial
From
Nick Sanders <[email protected]>
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: middle initial
Date
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:23:36 -0600
Hi Mike,
Try the substring command:
gen midinitial = susbstring(middlename,1,1)
That should do it!
Best,
Nick
On Dec 28, 2011, at 2:12 PM, Michael Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> I have what I hope will be a simple question to answer.
>
> I have a list of middle names and I'd like to isolate the first initial.
>
> I tried but it gives me the letter with ... after it.
>
> gen midi=middlename
> format midi %1s
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Mike
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