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st: indicator for "if cell contains the word or phrase"
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Shehzad Ali <[email protected]>
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st: indicator for "if cell contains the word or phrase"
Date
Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:44:52 +0100 (BST)
Dear listers,
I have a variable var1 that describes various situations in the form of long description. I want to generate a dummy variable var2 equal to 1 if var1 contains a certain word 'xyz' or phrase. var1 may contain other words but I want to check if xyz or a certain phrase appears in the cell or not.
Could anyone suggest the best way to do this?
Many thanks
Shehzad
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