Rufus wrote:
I'm trying to convert a variable into a date. Ordinarily, this would be
simple using Stata's date() functions, but one of my variables contains
both month and date (i.e. 403 is April 3rd), while another contains
year. I'm trying to split the month+date variable into two variables by
parsing after the first character. I tried converting the variable to a
string and using the "split" command, but it does not allow me to parse
positionally; it merely allows me to specify a parsing character. Is
there a way to parse by position?
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You need not convert to a string; these functions will do:
generate byte day = int(daymon/100)
generate byte mon = mod(daymon,100)
Hope this helps
Svend
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