How about the wordcount() function. Here's an example:
. gen wordcount = wordcount(locations)
. l
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| locations wordco~t |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1. | Alabama Delaware Kansas Wyoming 4 |
2. | Marburg Hachborn Hindelang Oldenburg 4 |
3. | Rochester Ithaca Cambridge Wellesley Gahanna Bexley 6 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
Later,
Eric
>also, is there a way to count how many WORDS are in a string without making a loop to go through the string and check that way ( I want something faster).
>thanks,
>Florence
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