Many thanks Nick and David!
In message <[email protected]>
[email protected] writes:
> replace x="0"+x if length(x)==1
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alejandro Delafuente
> [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 09 June 2005 12:44
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: two-digit string variables
>
>
> Hi statalisters,
> I have a string variable with two-digit and one-digit values. How can I tell
> Stata to place zeros before those one-digit values so that I end up with two
> digits in all cases always. For instance,
> x x(desired)
> 34 34
> 3 03
> 25 25
>
> Many thanks for any help!
>
>
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Alejandro de la Fuente
QEH/Department of International Development
Oxford University
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