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| From | "David Radwin" <dradwin@mprinc.com> |
| To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: RE: Need help with string observations |
| Date | Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:33:36 -0800 (PST) |
Mike, There are several ways to do this. One is to just take the first and last words and put a space in between: . gen firstlast = word(fullname, 1) + " " + word(fullname, 2) David -- David Radwin Senior Research Associate MPR Associates, Inc. 2150 Shattuck Ave., Suite 800 Berkeley, CA 94704 Phone: 510-849-4942 Fax: 510-849-0794 www.mprinc.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner- > statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Stewart > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:08 AM > To: statalist > Subject: st: Need help with string observations > > Hi, > > Can you please help me with String function > I have a list of patients and unfortunately some pts have their names > recorded in various formats like James Edward ; James Edward H; > James Edward J etc > Is it possible to write a code where the funcition removes the last > alphabet for the string if it is listed separately like > > James Edward H--> James Edward > > > -- > Thank you , > Yours Sincerely, > Mike. * * 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/