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st: finding non-numeric characters before I can destring
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Michael McCulloch <[email protected]> |
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st: finding non-numeric characters before I can destring |
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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:00:00 -0700 |
Hello,
I've got a field that's supposed to be all numbers but due to keying
errors may contain letters. How can I find those records?
What I've done:
. destring number, replace
Error message:
number contains non-numeric characters; no replace
Thank you,
Michael
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Michael McCulloch
Pine Street Foundation
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Fax: (415) 485-1065
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