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| From | "Katie and Matt O'Varanese" <ovaranese@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: a warning -- help |
| Date | Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:11:45 -0500 |
eric, that worked like a charm! THANK YOU! On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu> wrote: > <> > > try: replace var = subinstr(var, "`=char(160)'", "", .) > > replacing "var" with your variable name. > > See these threads for more: > http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-10/msg00139.html > http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2005-04/msg00891.html > > - Eric > > __ > Eric A. Booth > Public Policy Research Institute > Texas A&M University > ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu > Office: +979.845.6754 > Fax: +979.845.0249 > http://ppri.tamu.edu > > On Nov 18, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Katie and Matt O'Varanese wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> I am working with data that for a program variable (i.d. - Grade 10, >> Grade 11, etc) shows up sometimes in the browse as "Grade 10 >> +++++++++++++" (but more like an icon that looks like a cross, not a >> plus sign. >> >> Also, a warning comes up in codebook that says "warning: this variable >> contains embedded blanks". >> >> How can i get rid of the crosses? Any tricks out there? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Kate >> * >> * For searches and help try: >> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq >> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/