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Re: st: regular expression or some simpler data extraction method
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Matthew White <[email protected]>
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Re: st: regular expression or some simpler data extraction method
Date
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:01:27 -0500
Hi Ben,
Scratch that; the "[ ,]?" isn't a good idea. The following should work
as long as there aren't codes other than "WT" that start with "WT":
gen vi_tnum = substr(regexs(0), 1, strpos(regexs(0), " ") - 1) if
regexm(phase, "[0-9]+ WT[ ,]?")
destring vi_tnum, replace
Best,
Matt
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Matthew White
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> How about:
> gen vi_tnum = regexs(0) if regexm(phase, "[0-9]+ WT[ ,]?")
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Ben Hoen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have a number of possible string variations from which I am trying to
>> extract a portion of, and am having trouble figuring out the correct regular
>> expression, or, for that matter, if I can punt and use another (hopefully
>> simpler) expression.
>>
>> The string variable is named "phase"
>>
>> 1 PV, 5 CC, 37 WT
>> 101 WT
>> 2 PV, 9 WT
>> 1 WT
>> 38 WT
>>
>> All I am concerned with is the number directly in front of "WT". That
>> number can be 1, 2 or 3 digits.
>>
>> The closest iteration was:
>> gen vi_tnum=regexs(1) if regexm(phase, "[ 0-9A-Z]?[\,]?([0-9]+)[ A-Z]+$")
>>
>> but that produced a result that had its leading digit truncated for any
>> number with more than one digit.
>>
>> Any thoughts, oh brilliant ones?
>>
>> Ben Hoen
>> Principal Research Associate
>> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
>> Office: 845-758-1896
>> Cell: 718-812-7589
>> [email protected]
>> http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/emp/staff/hoen.html
>>
>>
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