st: subinstr "

[Paolo Grillo <paolo.grillo@guest.unimi.it>]

Dear all,
I am facing on this problem: how can I treat -"- as a normal character 
in order to be recognized with string function.
As example I have - replace diagnosis= subinstr(diagnosis,":","",.) - 
but I would like to replace every " instead of :.
The command would be - replace diagnosi= subinstr(diagnosi," " ","",.)- 
, but it doesn't work (too few quotes).
Any help or idea?

Thank you very much

Paolo Grillo

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Paolo Grillo, MD
Nephrologist
Statistician
Occupational Physician
Epidemiology Unit
Department of Preventive Medicine
IRCCS "Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena"
Via San Barnaba 8
20122 Milan - ITALY
Tel: +39 02 503-20148
Fax: +39 02 503-20126
E-Mail paolo.grillo@guest.unimi.it
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