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Re: st: middle initial


From   Nick Sanders <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: middle initial
Date   Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:23:36 -0600

Hi Mike,

Try the substring command:

gen midinitial = susbstring(middlename,1,1)

That should do it!

Best,
Nick



On Dec 28, 2011, at 2:12 PM, Michael Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:

> Colleagues,
> 
> I have what I hope will be a simple question to answer.
> 
> I have a list of middle names and I'd like to isolate the first initial.
> 
> I tried but it gives me the letter with ... after it.
> 
> gen midi=middlename
> format midi %1s
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Mike
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