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Re: st: Need help with string observations
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Need help with string observations
Date
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:49:34 +0000
Michael would need to install it first from STB-13....
Nick
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Richard Goldstein
<[email protected]> wrote:
> -h extrname-
On 2/26/13 1:08 PM, Michael Stewart wrote:
>> Can you please help me with String function
>> I have a list of patients and unfortunately some pts have their names
>> recorded in various formats like James Edward ; James Edward H;
>> James Edward J etc
>> Is it possible to write a code where the funcition removes the last
>> alphabet for the string if it is listed separately like
>>
>> James Edward H--> James Edward
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