Notice: On April 23, 2014, Statalist moved from an email list to a forum, based at statalist.org.
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: st: Conditional statement with multiple string values?
From
Steve Samuels <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: Conditional statement with multiple string values?
Date
Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:42:01 -0400
Just elaborate on this for two values.
drop if inlist(ACTION_NAME, "topic-viewed", "organizer-viewed")
Steve
[email protected]
On Jun 7, 2012, at 4:34 PM, John Whitmer wrote:
Hello Statamasters,
I'm trying to run a conditional "drop" statement based on multiple values in a string variable.
I tried the following command:
drop if ACTION_NAME == "topic-viewed” | “organizer-viewed” | “discussion-home-viewed” | “assignments-listed” | “Web-Links-home
> -viewed” | “folder-selected” | “compile-lm”
And received the error message "too few quotes".
My quotes are paired ...
Alternatively, I tried the following:
. drop if ACTION_NAME == "topic-viewed” | ACTION_NAME ==“organizer-viewed” | ACTION_NAME ==“discussion-home-viewed” | ACTION_NAM
> E ==“assignments-listed” | ACTION_NAME ==“Web-Links-home-viewed” | ACTION_NAME ==“folder-selected” | ACTION_NAME ==“compile-lm
> ”
And didn't get the error message, but there were 0 observations deleted - and this is a monster logfile with a lot of records with these values.
Any ideas? And I know the severity of the drop statement ...
Best, John
*********************************************
John Whitmer
E: [email protected]
P: 530.554.1528
C: 530.574.8827
Skype: john.whitmer
Virtual Meeting Room: http://bit.ly/rnBS8u
Discoveries & Reflections on Google+
*********************************************
John Whitmer
E: [email protected]
P: 530.554.1528
C: 530.574.8827
Skype: john.whitmer
Virtual Meeting Room: http://bit.ly/rnBS8u
Discoveries & Reflections on Google+
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/