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Re: st: Removing "." (in string format) from a variable
From
Adam Olszewski <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: Removing "." (in string format) from a variable
Date
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:35:35 -0500
replace yourvariable="" if yourvariable=="."
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Michael Stewart
<[email protected]> wrote:
> hello ,
>
> i am working with ICD9 codes and i had to convert the icd-9 codes to
> string format
> Unfortunately , I got some values like following with only dots (as
> shown below).
> |--------------|
> | 996.51 |
> | . |
> | . |
> | . |
> | 327.23 |
> |---------- |
> | . |
> | . |
> | . |
> | . |
> | . |
> |-------------|
> | 555.9 |
> +----------+
>
> As I try to use the icd9 check commnd, I get that the variable has
> invalid icd9 values and following output
>
> . | . Invalid placement of period |
> . | . Invalid placement of period |
> | . Invalid placement of period |
> | . Invalid placement of period |
> | . Invalid placement of period |
> |----------------------------------------|
>
> Is there any way to just remove "." (in string format) from the variable.
>
>
> --
> Thank you ,
> Yours Sincerely,
> Mike.
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