Thanks to Richard for pointing out -strpos()- (which I should have found
myself). I will remember to substitute -strpos()- for -index()- from now
on.
Best wishes
Roger
Roger B Newson
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard
Williams
Sent: 24 January 2008 20:45
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: Why was -index()- dropped?
At 03:15 PM 1/24/2008, Newson, Roger B wrote:
>I have a Stata 10 query on string functions. Why is the string function
>-index()- no longer available in Stata 10 (as it was in Stata 9 and
>several previous versions)? I would be surprised if I couldn't find
>substitutes for it on a case-by-case basis, but was there any special
>reason for dropping it?
If I recall correctly - in Stata 9, -index- got the new and improved
name of -strpos-. Per StataCorp policy, -index- continued to work in
Stata 9, but starting in Stata 10 it only works if you are using
version control.
I think the new and improved names had something to do with
consistency with Mata. Personally though, I wish the old names
continued to work. As a programmer, you get used to doing things
certain ways, and it isn't always obvious what the new and improved
name is. Heck, Roger is one of the more prolific programmers around,
and if he gets bit by a change like that you can imagine that others
will too!
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