dear all,
stata 8.2, windows xp,
i have a data management problem: have a variable (strings) of names like these:
var1
Mrs A Jones
Mrs Anne Jones
Ms Abra Ham
Mr Ko Jack
Jack Kroll
No Probs
Ms. Abra Ham
Mr. Ko Jack
. <- denotes missing
.
.
Miss. Wonder Full
Mrs Bond Trader
i want to generate new variable which removed the person's title, so it appear like these:
var2
A Jones
Anne Jones
Abra Ham
Ko Jack
Jack Kroll
No Probs
Abra Ham
Ko Jack
. <- denotes missing
.
.
Wonder Full
Bond Trader
i tried (thinking that i would slowly truncate Mr, Mrs, Ms title by title):
gen var2=var1
replace var2=subinstr("Mr","Mr","",.) <- just as well i generate var2 as this command wiped out all the names!
i want to also generate another variable that will assign gender based on the title of the name in var 1 i.e. if Mr or Mr. then M(ale) and if Mrs, Mrs., Ms, Ms., Miss, Miss. then F(emale). i thought generate/replace or replace/if using string functions would help but i think this require loop of a sort to achieve.
F
F
F
M
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.
F
M
.
.
.
F
F
thank for advice/help.
season's greetings,
bw
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