I was burned using -concord- which has version control in subprograms,
but doesn't have it in the main programs. It perhaps needs a two word
revision.
Fred Wolfe
On 1/24/08, Richard Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 03:15 PM 1/24/2008, Newson, Roger B wrote:
> >I have a Stata 10 query on string functions. Why is the string function
> >-index()- no longer available in Stata 10 (as it was in Stata 9 and
> >several previous versions)? I would be surprised if I couldn't find
> >substitutes for it on a case-by-case basis, but was there any special
> >reason for dropping it?
>
> If I recall correctly - in Stata 9, -index- got the new and improved
> name of -strpos-. Per StataCorp policy, -index- continued to work in
> Stata 9, but starting in Stata 10 it only works if you are using
> version control.
>
> I think the new and improved names had something to do with
> consistency with Mata. Personally though, I wish the old names
> continued to work. As a programmer, you get used to doing things
> certain ways, and it isn't always obvious what the new and improved
> name is. Heck, Roger is one of the more prolific programmers around,
> and if he gets bit by a change like that you can imagine that others will too!
>
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