I found it in Stata 9.0 by typing <help word> & then by clicking on <string functions>. Apparently, wordcount() has been around since Stata 1 as I was able to use it in a little .do file that specified version 1. In the new Stata manuals flip to page 173 of the Data Management manual.
EGW
>I don't see that function... where can I find it?
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>
>On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:52:00 -0400
> "Eric G. Wruck" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>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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