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Re: st: Question on data manipulation
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
>
>
>
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