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st: re: merge (?) problem


From   Kit Baum <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: re: merge (?) problem
Date   Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:46:57 -0400

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Ashim said

Okie dokie. Thank you for the tips! Many times I have a question and I
don't know "what to search for " as in what keyword to search for and
I end up posting my questions here, thanks for pointing me in the
right direction.



Well, your last query was about words in a local macro. -findit word- leads you to -help macro-, which leads you to -help extended_fcn-, which provides

Macro extended functions for parsing

word count string

word # of string

which appear to be spot on. I don't see that it is exactly "I don't know what to search for" as much as a lack of perseverance in reading and digesting what is readily available.

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html


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