Notice: On April 23, 2014, Statalist moved from an email list to a forum, based at statalist.org.
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
st: Generate a new variable from a string variable containing specific words
From
<redacted>
To
[email protected]
Subject
st: Generate a new variable from a string variable containing specific words
Date
Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:40:48 +0000
Hi all,
I assume my question is not difficult, but it seems I can not find my
way around it. Let us say, I have a string variable named 'icd' and
can be inputted as
input str8 icd
"I60.2"
"B25.3"
"C34.3"
"I65.4"
"I68.1"
end
I would like to generate a new variable that shows as 1 whenever
variable 'icd' contain words from I60 to I69, and 0 whenever variable
'icd' does not have that. So for my example, i will have a new
variable showing 1 for the 1st, 4th and 5th observation and 0 for
others.
How can I do that. Really appreciate if someone can help.
Regards,
<redacted>
<redacted>
<redacted>
*
* 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/