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Re: st: middle initial
From
Nick Sanders <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: middle initial
Date
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:28:19 -0600
Whoops - typo, should be "substring", not "susbstring".
On Dec 28, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Nick Sanders <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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