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Re: st: identifying strings that differ on one or two letters
From
Scott Merryman <[email protected]>
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Re: st: identifying strings that differ on one or two letters
Date
Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:55:05 -0600
You might try -soundex()-
. clear
. set obs 3
obs was 0, now 3
. generate str var1 = "Jayanthi chemicals" in 1
(2 missing values generated)
. replace var1 = "Jayanth chemicals" in 2
(1 real change made)
. replace var1 = "Jay chemicals" in 3
(1 real change made)
. gen soundex = soundex(var1)
. cl
var1 soundex
1. Jayanthi chemicals J532
2. Jayanth chemicals J532
3. Jay chemicals J252
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Dalhia <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a method in stata to identify strings that differ by just one or two letters?
> For example:
>
> comp_name
>
> Jayanthi chemicals
> Jayanth chemicals
> Jay chemicals
>
> So here the first two should be identified since they differ by only one letter, but not the last one since it differs by 4 letters? Is there a way to do this in stata?
>
> thanks. I appreciate your help.
> dalhia
>
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