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| From | William Pratt <williamrpratt@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Question on data manipulation |
| Date | Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:33:37 -0500 |
Did the job! Thanks Matt :) On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Matthew White <mwhite@poverty-action.org> wrote: > 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/ > -- 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/