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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: separating components of a string variable |
| Date | Mon, 1 Oct 2012 20:41:15 +0100 |
Rich means -generate-, not -egen-. Nick On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > use -egen- with the substr function as in > > egen newvar=substr(oldvar,2,2) > > egen newvar2=substr(oldvar2,-3,.) > > Rich > > On 10/1/12 3:32 PM, Mahbubeh Parsaeian wrote: >> Hi everybody. >> I have a question about separating the component of a string variable. >> Suppose you have a string variable which is an id variable and consists of 9 numbers. > The second and third numbers introduce the province and you want >> to separate this part of the string variable and save it as a new >> variable. >> I also have another question. I have an id number such as 123456 and I want >> to separate 3 numbers from the right side (456). >> Would you please help me to find good solutions for these questions? * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/