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| From | Steve Samuels <sjsamuels@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Generating a new var from last 11 character in a string |
| Date | Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:05:14 -0500 |
************************************ input str30 bigstr "usethesubstringcommand" "nr 1 in some observations " end gen lb = length(bigstr) gen str11 mine = substr(bigstr,lb-11,lb) list *********************************** Steve On Dec 14, 2013, at 5:53 PM, lars Folkestad wrote: Dear listers I want to do generate a new var from the last 11 character of a string variable. I normally count the possitions that i want and use the substring command, but my oldvar has contains different number of characters. The first position of interest maybe nr 1 in some observations and number 15 in others. Whats the best way to do this? Lars * * 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/