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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: indicator for "if cell contains the word or phrase" |
| Date | Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:05:59 +0100 |
. gen stuff_present = strpos(strvar, "stuff") > 0 For a case-insensitive match compare "stuff" with -lower(strvar)-. Nick On 16 Sep 2012, at 15:44, Shehzad Ali <drshehzad_ali@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have a variable var1 that describes various situations in the form of long description. I want to generate a dummy variable var2 equal to 1 if var1 contains a certain word 'xyz' or phrase. var1 may contain other words but I want to check if xyz or a certain phrase appears in the cell or not.
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