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| From | Shehzad Ali <drshehzad_ali@yahoo.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 19:27:16 +0100 (BST) |
Thanks, Nick. As always, your advice is spot on and very helpful! Many thanks Shehzad ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> > To: "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, 16 September 2012, 16:05 > Subject: Re: st: indicator for "if cell contains the word or phrase" > > . 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. >> >> > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/