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st: Spliting a variable
From
"Mike Kim" <[email protected]>
To
<[email protected]>
Subject
st: Spliting a variable
Date
Wed, 7 Dec 2011 16:59:41 -0600
Hi all,
I have a question about splitting a variable. My data look like this:
author
school
Aguin, H; Ju, H; Gottfred, RK [Aguin,
H; Ju, H; Gottfred, RK] Indiana Univ
Bell,
T
Drexel Univ
Buck, MR; Novice, MM; Robert, F; Hump, JH [Buck, MR] Univ Oklahoma;
[Novice, MM; Robert, F] Univ Mississippi; [Hump, JH] Texas A&M Univ
Kohli, C; Juri, R
[Kohli, C] Calif Univ; [Juri, R] Kansas Univ
......
I would like to change into the following form. I tried the following, but
it is not easy to change into this form. Can anyone please help?
split school, p(";" "]")
author
school
Aguin,
H
Indiana Univ
Ju,
H
Indiana Univ
Gottfred,
RK
Indiana Univ
Bell,
T
Drexel Univ
Buck,
MR
Univ Oklahoma
Novice,
MM
Univ Mississippi
Robert,
F
Univ Mississippi;
Hump,
JH
Texas A&M Univ
Kohli,
C
Calif Univ
Juri,
R
Kansas Univ
Thanks in advance.
Mike.
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