I don't think that there is a command that will do this.
help strfun shows the following functions, they are what you need
subinstr(s1,s2,s3,n) returns s1 where the first n occurrences in s1 of s2
have been replaced with s3. If n is missing (.), all occurrences are replaced.
subinword(s1,s2,s3,n) returns s1 where the first n occurrences in s1 of s2
as a word have been replaced with s3. A word is defined as a
space-separated token; a token at the beginning or end of s also counts as
being space-separated.
substr(s,n1,n2) returns the substring of s starting at n1 for a length of
n2. If n1<0, the starting position is interpreted as distance from the end
of the string. If n2 is missing (.), the remaining portion of the string
is returned.
Fred Wolfe
At 07:41 PM 2/26/2005, you wrote:
Greetings Stata list members,
I have been unsuccessful searching the archives for commands (which will
not require programming) that will do the following:
1. Edit words within a string variable that contains several words
2. Display this string variable with each word abbreviated to one or
two letters.
Can anyone suggest a method?
Best wishes,
Michael
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