.
How about:
sysuse auto, clear
gen count=wordcount(make)
list count make
HTH,
Philipp
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> Datum: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 17:46:14 +0200
> Von: Andrea Rispoli <[email protected]>
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: st: Count special characters in a cell
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I have a string variable. Each observation includes a different number
> of words separated by a special character, say a slash or a space
> (e.g."HOUSE COFFEE MILK").
> I need to count the number of words in each cell (in this case it would be
> 3).
> I thought that one possibility would be find a command that counts the
> number of spaces in the cell (in this case it would be 2) and then add
> 1 in the end to have the number 3 I want. Do you know about such a
> command, which counts the number of spaces or special characters in a
> cell?
> Otherwise, any other command that fits my case would be fine. Do you
> have any suggestions?
> Thank you very much in advance!
>
> AR
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