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keep if inrange(length(varname),11,12)
Nick
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Richard Goldstein
<richgold@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> try this
>
> keep if inrange(length(varname,11,12))
On 1/30/13 12:47 PM, Steve Nakoneshny wrote:
>> I have a unique string id var. Values in this var vary from 8-16 characters in length.
> I only want to keep obs where the length of the id string is either 11
> or 12 characters
> long. I know I can solve this in a more cumbersome manner using the
> -regex- machinery,
> but I was hoping for a more succinct solution using string functions.
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