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Re: st: Data format query
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Susan Olivia <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Data format query
Date
Tue, 24 May 2011 15:50:22 +1000
Thanks Ana. the 'subinstr' command that you suggested do what I after.
Cheers,
Susan
On 24 May 2011 15:23, Vitorino, Maria Ana <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Susan,
>
> I tried the following and it worked...
>
> replace Revenue= subinstr(Revenue,"_","",.)
> replace Revenue= subinstr(Revenue,".","",.)
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ana
>
>
> On May 24, 2011, at 12:08 AM, Susan Olivia wrote:
>
>> Dear StataListers,
>>
>> I have the data in following format [plese see below]. Ideally I would
>> like the data to display without the "__" and ".". I tried using the
>> 'substr' command didn't really doing what I after. This variable is
>> currently in string format. Unfortunately, encode, recode or replace
>> didn't work either.
>>
>> Any tips how to handle this much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Susan
>>
>>
>>
>> . tab b44
>>
>> b44.Revenue |
>> /Amount | Freq. Percent Cum.
>> ------------------ +-----------------------------------
>> 160.000.000 | 1 0.03 1.84
>> _10.000.000 | 3 0.08 1.92
>> _10.100.000 | 1 0.03 1.94
>> _10.200.000 | 2 0.05 2.00
>> _10.210.000 | 1 0.03 2.02
>> _10.800.000 | 4 0.10 2.13
>> _11.000.000 | 4 0.10 2.23
>> _11.087.200 | 1 0.03 2.26
>> _11.844.000 | 1 0.03 2.28
>> _18.000.000 | 9 0.23 3.66
>> _19.456.800 | 1 0.03 3.68
>> _20.000.000 | 8 0.21 3.89
>> __7.500.000 | 3 0.08 17.35
>> __7.600.000 | 1 0.03 17.37
>> __7.820.000 | 1 0.03 17.40
>> __8.000.000 | 5 0.13 17.53
>> __8.300.000 | 1 0.03 17.55
>> __8.400.000 | 3 0.08 17.63
>> __9.000.000 | 10 0.26 17.89
>> __9.200.000 | 1 0.03 17.92
>> __9.600.000 | 6 0.16 18.07
>> __9.800.000 | 1 0.03 18.10
>> __9.850.000 | 1 0.03 18.12
>> ___.100.000 | 102 2.64 20.77
>> ___.100.750 | 1 0.03 20.79
>> ___.100.800 | 1 0.03 20.82
>> ___.102.000 | 22 0.57 21.39
>> ___.102.500 | 2 0.05 21.44
>> ___.103.000 | 1 0.03 21.47
>> ___.103.760 | 1 0.03 21.49
>> ___.104.400 | 2 0.05 21.55
>> ___.104.500 | 1 0.03 21.57
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