st: RE: how to handle this type of strings: "text (i.e it containes only one ")

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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You need the double quotes described in [U], 18.3.5. Your reference may
differ slightly since you say you are a Stata 10 user.


*******
clear*

input str15 mystrvar
`""text"'
"other string"
end

list, noo
drop if mystrvar==`""text"'
list, noo
*******


HTH
Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Adrian Gonzalez
Sent: Samstag, 20. Februar 2010 17:18
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: how to handle this type of strings: "text (i.e it containes
only one ")

Dear members

I have a string VARIABLE that contains the following value "text (the " is
part of the string value).

and I want to delete those rows , but when i write
delete if VARIABLE=""text"

I get the following error
too few quotes
r(132);

i am using Stata 10.1

Thanks for your help



      
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