Re: st: Destringing variable

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

there are a number of typos in your command; first, you have generated
month2 and set it to 0 for everyone; it therefor can not possibly equal
"january" regardless of case

second, after changing the variable being referred to in your "if"
statement (e.g., to month), note that strings must be (a) in
doublequotes and (b) in the same case in your command as they are in the
data

why not use the -destring- command?

Rich

On 5/12/12 1:04 PM, Shittu, Aminu wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to destring the var name -month- using the following command but 
the response was "january not found." Was it due to error in writing the
command
or because all months (JANUARY to DECEMBER) were entered in UPPERCASE
letter?
> 
> 
> gen month2=0
> replace month2=1 if (month2==january)
> -january not found-
> 
> 
> Aminu
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