Kit will no doubt fix this when he can.
Nick
[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Don Spady
> Sent: 17 December 2002 19:16
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Re: -charlist- available on SSC
>
>
> 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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