try the -substr- function:
gen newvarname = substr(original_variable, 5, .)
briefly, generate a new variable equal to the contents of the original
variable, minus the first four characters (e.g. the "www.").
type -findit substr- for more information.
hope this helps,
clint
> Hi,
> I have a variable with web addresses and all the entries in this variable
> start with "www.". Is there an easy way of removing the "www." from the
> beginning of all entries?
> Thanks!
>
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