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Re: st: destring with embedded blanks


From   [email protected]
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: destring with embedded blanks
Date   Thu, 03 Mar 2005 08:44:50 -0600

You could also use -destring-

destring ID, ignore(" ") gen(new_id)

Hope this helps,
Scott


----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Shephard <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2005 7:30 am
Subject: Re: st: destring with embedded blanks

> > 
> > Perhaps something like the following....
> > 
> > gen new_id = real(subinstr(ID, " ","", . )
> > 
> 
> Typo error noticed (after reading David's post) above should be 
> 
> gen new_id = real(subinstr(ID, " ", "", .))
> 
> Sorry for the error,
> 
> Neil
> 


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