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st: using the command substr in stata


From   carmen gamarra <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: using the command substr in stata
Date   Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:50:06 +0000

hi, I have a problem for which I am sure STATA has an
easy solution but I couldn’t to find it.  I hope you can help
me.

Here is what I need to do:
I have a string variable called disease_ICD (oldvar) which has the values of "International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems – ICD 9 and ICD 10"

I need to create a new variable disease_ICDgroup (newvar) containing grouped values of disease_ICD (oldvar). The equivalent in EPI INFO is:

. Define newvar TEXTINPUT

. IF(substring(oldvar,1,3)>="001"AND substring(oldvar,1,3)<"799"THEN ASSIGN newvar ="1" END

. IF(substring(oldvar,1,3)>="A00"AND substring(oldvar,1,3)<"U99"THEN ASSIGN newvar ="1" END

. IF(substring(oldvar,1,3)>="800"AND substring(oldvar,1,3)<"999"THEN ASSIGN newvar ="2" END

. IF(substring(oldvar,1,3)>="V00"AND substring(oldvar,1,3)<"Y99"THEN ASSIGN newvar ="2" END

Note: The first three characters from oldvar are the same in all banks (more than 20 banks) which allowed me to create ranges and commands that can be used in all banks. 

How do I do this in STATA?

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