RE: st: RE: RE: left right string

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

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" I just realized my ranges are labels"



No big deal, just -decode- the thing beforehand:


***********
clear*

set obs 3
gen byte hhh_age=_n

la def ages 1 "15-19" 2 "20-24" 3 "25-39" 
la val hhh_age ages

decode hhh_age, gen(newhhh_age)

split newhhh_age, gen(age) parse(-) destring
rename age1 age_min
rename age2 age_max

list, noo
***********


HTH
Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Tyler Frazier
Sent: Dienstag, 18. Mai 2010 23:17
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: st: RE: RE: left right string

I just realized my ranges are labels

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> <>
>
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> You can generate the new variables and -destring- (which I assume you also
> want) in one fell swoop:
>
>
> ***********
> clear*
>
> inp str5 hhh_age
> 15-19
> 20-24
> 25-39
> end
>
> split hhh_age, gen(age) parse(-) destring
> rename age1 age_min
> rename age2 age_max
>
> list, noo
> ***********
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
> Sent: Dienstag, 18. Mai 2010 23:05
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: RE: left right string
>
>
> <>
>
> Have you had a look at -split-?
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Tyler Frazier
> Sent: Dienstag, 18. Mai 2010 23:03
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: left right string
>
> simple question, I hope -- I have a variable which is a range of ages,
> for example  the variable name is hhh_age and the quantities are
> 15-19, 20-24, 25-39 etc...
>
> and I want to generate a new variable (age_min) that returns the left
> two characters from hhh_age , and another variable that generates the
> right two -- (age_max)
>
> I searched but couldnt find it, seems like a very simple thing, but
> cant figure it out.
>
> any help is greatly appreciated
>
> Ty
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