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| From | Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: separating components of a string variable |
| Date | Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:49:22 -0400 |
Yes, Nick is correct - thanks On 10/1/12 3:41 PM, Nick Cox wrote: > 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/ > * * 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/