For embedded quotes you need to use `" "'. This works:
local if `"if type=="breast""'
local x = substr(`"`if'"',3,.)
di `"`x'"'
or
local if if type=="breast"
local x = substr(`"`if'"',3,.)
di `"`x'"'
hth,
Jeph
On 2/5/2013 10:23 AM, Simone Peart Boyce wrote:
Hi,
I have a string that contains quotes. When I try to do use substr to extract a portion of this string, substr seems to ignore everything after the quote. Here is my example.
local if="if type=="breast""
local x=substr("`if'",3,.)
disp "`x'"
type==
Why is "breast" being ignored?
Thanks in advance,
Simone
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