Hi,
You can recast as an integer eg.
***************************
clear
input a
610102001001010300
end
recast int a, force
d
tostring a, replace
d
***************************
Regards
Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Olivia" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: st: Splitting numeric values
> Hi,
>
> I have a numeric variable (call it id) that comes with 18 digits and I
> would
> like to create a new variable that extracts from the variable 'id'
> starting
> from the 10th digits and get 4 digits from here.
>
> E.g. my id is given as: 610102001001010300 and I want to create 'newvar'
> which has value of 0010.
>
> I know this can be easily done using the 'substr' command, however, I am
> having a problem in converting the 'id' into string variable. It gives me
> the following command:
>
> ***
> tostring id, replace
> id cannot be converted reversibly; no replace
>
> ***
>
> Any advice on how to handle this would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Susan
>
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