Re: st: Re: Equivalent to matcell in table

[Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu>]

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2 ideas: 
***************!
clear
inp str10 model
"sx200"
"nx200"
"302a"
"1111"
end


**1.  add m_ to all strings in a var**
g model2 = "m_" + model

**or**

**2. just the strings that start with a number**
clonevar model3 = model
forval n = 0/9 {
	g pos`n' = strpos(model3, "`n'")
	replace model3 = "m_" + model3 if pos`n'==1
	 drop pos`n'
	}
li
***************!

Also, you might consider appending or joining the 45 datasets together first and then making modifications.

~ Eric

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Texas A&M University
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On Jul 14, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Hobst wrote:

> Thanky you. i did it! But somehow different
> 
> I cleanes up the Variables and then just
> 
> reshape wide table1, i(Traded_Model) j(NewModel) string
> 
> and it almost worked.
> 
> I had to rename all the Models that begin with an number , for example 200SX
> by n2000SX.
> I did that manually Model by Model... Is there an easier way how to do that?
> (identify all the Traded_Model and NewModel that start with a number and put
> a "n" in front of it) I need a more automated approach, because i need to do
> steps i did today for 45 other Datasets, which do not necessarily contain
> the same model names...
> 
> After that it worked fin :)... Thank you so much all your help
> 
> 
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