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| From | Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk> |
| To | "'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: RE: ad a ZERO to the front for a string variable |
| Date | Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:06:51 +0000 |
It's just another character. replace mystrvar = "0" + mystrvar Nick n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Lars Folkestad Sent: 16 December 2011 12:59 To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: st: ad a ZERO to the front for a string variable Dear List How do i add a ZERO (0) to the front of a string variable? lars * * 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/ * * 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/