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From | Matthew White <mwhite@poverty-action.org> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: Question on data manipulation |
Date | Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:50:04 -0400 |
Hi William, If cusip is an integer and has numeric type: replace cusip = int(cusip / 10) If cusip has string type: replace cusip = substr(cusip, 1, length(cusip) - 1) Best, Matt On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 5:42 PM, William Pratt <williamrpratt@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Statalisters, > I have the following string data of 9 characters and would like to > drop the last value so that it becomes 8 characters. Thanks for your > consideration. > > cusip > 000360206 >>> 00036020 > 000360206 >>> 00036020 > 000360206 >>> 00036020 > 000360206 >>> 00036020 > 000360206 >>> 00036020 > 000361105 >>> 00036110 > 000361105 >>> 00036110 > 000361105 >>> 00036110 > 000361105 >>> 00036110 > > > > -- > wrpratt@utpa.edu > University of Texas-Pan American > College of Business Administration > Department of Finance and Economics > South Texas Border Health Disparities Center > o - 956.665.7937 > f - 956.665.7310 > * > * 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/ > -- Matthew White Data Coordinator Innovations for Poverty Action 101 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06510 USA +1 434-305-9861 www.poverty-action.org * * 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/