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help for ^xparse^					       STB-29: ip12
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Parse into tokens, exclusive of parsing characters
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        ^xparse^ ^,^ ^p^arse^(^str^)^ ^s^tring^(^str^)^ 


Description
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^xparse^ parses the string specified in the ^string()^ option using spaces
and the characters passed in the ^parse()^ option as the parsing characters.
The result, minus the non-space parsing characters, is returned in S_1.


Options
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^p^arse^(^str^)^ specifies the parsing characters to use in addition to spaces.

^s^tring^(^str^)^ specifies the string to be parsed.


Example
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 . ^xparse, parse(,) string(`line')^


Author
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        Sean Becketti
        Stata Technical Bulletin
        stb@@stata.com


Also see
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    STB:  STB-29 ip12
 Manual:  [6a] parse
On-line:  help for @parse@