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st: Re: -charlist- available on SSC


From   "Don Spady" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: Re: -charlist- available on SSC
Date   Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:16:18 -0700

Hi

 I just tried to download (ssc install charlist) charlist and got this
message:
ssc install: apparent error in package file for charlist; please notify
[email protected],
providing package name

What is the problem

Don Spady

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:07
Subject: st: -charlist- available on SSC


> Thanks to Kit Baum, the -charlist- program
> posted and discussed earlier today is now
> available from SSC. The output and syntax are changed
> from my original posting.
>
> In an up-to-date Stata, type
>
> . ssc desc charlist
>
> and if desired
>
> . ssc inst charlist
>
> For explanation of the -ssc- command,
> please see the first URL under my signature.
>
> Briefly, -charlist- shows which characters
> are present in a string variable.
>
> Here is a concocted example of one way
> in which it might be useful.
>
> Stata tells you that something which should be numeric
> is string, and -destring- won't play:
>
> . destring mystuff, replace
> mystuff contains non-numeric characters; no replace
>
> So you ask for a report:
>
> . charlist mystuff
> 123I
>
> We see that "I" characters are present.
> Perhaps whoever typed in the data was
> distracted, or the OCR software made a mistake,
> so some "1" (one) characters have been entered
> as "I" (capital I).
>
> . l mystuff  if index(mystuff,"I")
>
>        mystuff
>  12.       I23
>  57.       I23
>  73.       I23
>
> You decide on appropriate surgery:
>
> . replace mystuff = subinstr(mystuff,"I", "1",.)
> (3 real changes made)
>
> . destring mystuff, replace
> mystuff has all characters numeric; replaced as byte
>
> Of course, there are other ways to do
> this -- and also other examples in which
> -charlist- may be useful.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
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