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st: replacing values of a variable
From
James Bernard <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: replacing values of a variable
Date
Sat, 9 Mar 2013 18:27:46 +0800
Hi folks,
I am trying to copy values of a string variable into another one if a
condition is met. I keep getting "0 real changes made"
var 1 var2
--------- ---------
jan-2000 jan-2000
march-2000 same year
june-1999 june-1999
replace var2=var1 if var2=="same year"
what is wrong with this code?
Thanks in advance
James
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