di as txt `"`c'"' as res %6.0f `j'
removes one bug.
Nick
[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: 10 March 2005 21:01
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: Converting char to ascii
>
>
> I am not aware of a built-in. User-written functions
> are beyond my capabilities, but the following ado
> is a zeroth stab. Not tested much at all.
>
> program ascii, rclass
> version 8.2
> local l = length(`"`0'"')
> if `l' == 0 {
> di as err "nothing to do"
> exit 498
> }
>
> forval i = 1/`l' {
> local c = substr(`"`0'"',`i',1)
> if `"`c'"' != " " {
> local found 0
> forval j = 32/255 {
> if `"`c'"' == char(`j') {
> di as txt "`c'" as res
> %6.0f `j'
> local ascii "`ascii'`j' "
> local found 1
> continue, break
> }
> }
> if !`found' {
> di as txt "`c' not known"
> local ascii "`ascii'? "
> }
> }
> }
> return local ascii "`ascii'"
> end
>
>
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> > Andrew Felton
> > Sent: 10 March 2005 20:20
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: st: Converting char to ascii
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there an inverse of the char() function? So that I
> > could get ascii("a") = 97? -findit ascii- and a web
> > search didn't seem to turn up anything. Thank you,
> >
> > Andrew Felton
> > *
> > * For searches and help try:
> > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
> >
>
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
*
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