thanks for your help, i've upgraded to stata 9, it seems to have a few regular expression functions.
Amir
-----Original Message-----
From: n j cox [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tue 05/07/2005 15:37
To: [email protected]
Cc:
Subject: st: RE: Data set question - going through all observations
I can't comment on Java or C++ here. Stata 9 has some regular
expression functions.
Amir Doron
i have two data sets and am required to compare the name field in
between both, however there are some inconsistencies - causing me to
require pattern matching techniques in this case.
is stata anywhere near the capabilities of a language such as java for
pattern matching techniques, do you think it would be better to use a
c++ plugin to do this?
any tips would be welcome.
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