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RE: st: Creating new variable which includes the first 6 symbols of a 9 symbol string variable
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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RE: st: Creating new variable which includes the first 6 symbols of a 9 symbol string variable
Date
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:23:39 +0000
To spell it out
gen newvar = substr(strvar, 1, 6)
Nick
[email protected]
Neil Shephard
See -man substr()-
Dassen, Sander
> I need to create a new variable which includes the first 6 symbols of a 9 symbol string variable.
>
> For example:
>
> Y7542C106
>
> should be returned as:
>
> Y7542C
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