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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: changing values to either all caps or all lowercase |
| Date | Thu, 1 Nov 2012 11:36:05 +0000 |
-lower()- and -upper()- are functions, not commands. Dopey example: sysuse auto gen lmake = lower(make) gen umake = upper(make) edit *make Start with -help functions-. Nick On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Kathleen Oberst <Kathleen.Oberst@hc.msu.edu> wrote: > I have a variable (ex. City name) and I'm trying to clean it up. I have the same city entered in as all lowercase, first letter capitalized or all upper case. Is there a way to force them all into upper or lower case? I've tried the "lower" command but it was not recognized. I'm using version 11. * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/