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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: Dropping last digit Stata |
| Date | Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:40:40 +0100 |
If your variable is string gen wanted = substr(existing, 1, 8) If your variable is numeric gen long wanted = floor(existing/10) Nick njcoxstata@gmail.com On 29 June 2013 12:25, Lok <kaguuya@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to delete the last digit of a variable. Right now the variables have 9 digits like: 12345678x with x being a number between 1 and 9. I would like it to be 12345678. > > As a beginner to Stata, I was wondering if anybody could please offer some help. > > I'm using Stata 12SE on OS X. * * 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/