Eric seems to invoke here a common misconception, the
idea that -version #- sets the clock back
to version #.
As it happens, -wordcount()- was introduced
in Stata 8, as was documented in its [U] 1.3.13.9.
If the misconception were really true, then
-version 1- would certainly disable e.g.
Windows features, which long postdate version 1.
What -version- does is set the clock back very
selectively in respect of key capabilities.
In this case, what is of much longer pedigree is
local n : word count "<string>"
which may be what Florence wants.
Nick
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Eric G. Wruck
> I found it in Stata 9.0 by typing <help word> & then by
> clicking on <string functions>. Apparently, wordcount() has
> been around since Stata 1 as I was able to use it in a little
> .do file that specified version 1. In the new Stata manuals
> flip to page 173 of the Data Management manual.
> >>How about the wordcount() function. Here's an example:
> >>>also, is there a way to count how many WORDS are in a
> string without making a loop to go through the string and
> check that way ( I want something faster).
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