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st: RE: Replace based on 1 word in middle of a sentence?


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: Replace based on 1 word in middle of a sentence?
Date   Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:48:15 +0100

replace var2 = "medecine" if strpos(var1, "medeci") 

Also, scan the list of functions to see what you 
are missing. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Ziad El-Khatib

> i am used to Excel to use * sign before and after a word, when looking
> for a word in middle of sentence, for example
> 
> countif (A1:A10, "*medeci*")
> 
> anyway it is possible to use something similar in STATA for 
> command -replace-?
> like replace var2 = "medecine" if var1 == "*medeci*" ?

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