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"Michael Blasnik" <[email protected]> |
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Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:53:50 -0500 |
The strpos() function returns the position of a substring in any string.
gen hashyphen=(strpos(mystringvar,"-")>0)
will be equal to 1 for any observation with a hyphen in mystringvar.
Michael Blasnik
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Subject: st: Can you search within a dataset for a particular character?
I have a dataset of names stored as string variables. Is there any way to
search the dataset for all data containing a particular character, a hyphen
for example? Also, is there any way to search the same dataset for all
names containing a space (as in last names with a space between them ex.
von cannon)? Thank you!
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