From | David Kantor <dkantor@jhu.edu> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: RE: reading numbes with trailing minus sign |
Date | Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:22:04 -0500 |
I would read this in as a string and then replace y = substr(y,-1,1) + substr(y,1,length(y)-1) if substr(y,-1,1) == "-" destring y, replace Nick n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk David Kantor > Suppose I have raw data where minus signs are in a trailing > position. Thus, > for example, instead of > -12, you have > 12- [...]
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