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From | Sebastian Say <sebastian.statalist@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | st: Splitting string by parse option |
Date | Wed, 5 Mar 2014 03:12:08 -0600 |
Hi I have a string variable called cofiler, in which the cell contains names of organizations all separated by "XOOD_". When i tried to use the split var, parse (XOOD_) option, it shows cofiler1, cofiler2....cofiler42 generated. My guess is at least 1 cell has 42 names, each separated by XOOD_ However, when I looked at these generated variables, it seems that they are all empty. When I browsed the data, in the original string variable that was to be splitted, it shows only 1 organization's name in any cell. However, when I click onto each of these cells, I can see multiple names in the display bar at the top. My question is, what's causing this problem? And what have I done wrong such that when I tried to parse the string variable, nothing shows up but variables were indeed generated? Best, Sebastian * * 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/