Thanks Nick!
In message <[email protected]>
[email protected] writes:
> Yet another approach:
>
> replace x = string(real(x),"%02.0f")
>
>
>
> --Nick Winter
>
>
> At 08:00 AM 6/9/2005, you wrote:
> >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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