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RE: st: String help


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: String help
Date   Wed, 5 Oct 2005 09:57:54 +0100

This won't get one far in solving this problem. 
Nor will -split-. That is no criticism of either,
as each was designed for different problems. 

The problem needs lower-level functions. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

[email protected]
 
> Try also the egen-function "ends". Using that you can split a 
> string into parts,
> specifying the partitioner.
                   
>              "Terra Curtis"                                   
> 
> I am dealing with a string variable called 'string' like the 
> example below
> (this is copied from the data browser):

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