st: RE: how to generate sevaral new variables

["Nick Cox" <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

Lee Chuntao
> 
>           I have a variable of the following style:
> 
>           variable 
>            name1/age1/salary1
>            name2/age2/salary2
>            name3/age3/salary3
>            name4/age4/salary4
> 
> I want to generate 4 new variables, say, name age and salary
> 
> can you give me some advice?

I am not clear on what the problem is. If you have 
a single composite string variable, then check 
out -split- on SSC. 


Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 


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