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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: Splitting string by parse option |
| Date | Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:00:54 +0000 |
Depends what the "spaces" really are. As before, -charlist- (SSC) might tell you. See also the help for -split- on parsing on slightly awkward characters. Nick njcoxstata@gmail.com On 5 March 2014 16:59, Sebastian Say <sebastian.statalist@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Nick, I have another observation. In the raw data excel format, I > noticed that the data looks like there are multiple lines in each > cell. See below > > frogXOOD_ > toadXOOD_ > tadpoleXOOD_ > > When I deleted the spaces an made them: frogXOOD_toadXOOD_tadpoleXOOD_ > , the split var, parse (XOOD_) command worked. > > Now I have to figure how I can get the data from the former to the > latter in a less tedious way. > > Any ideas? > > > Best, > Sebastian > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: >> Works for me >> >> . gen test = "frogXOOD_toadXOOD_newt" >> >> . split test, parse(XOOD_) >> variables created as string: >> test1 test2 test3 >> >> . l test* in 1 >> >> +------------------------------------------------+ >> | test test1 test2 test3 | >> |------------------------------------------------| >> 1. | frogXOOD_toadXOOD_newt frog toad newt | >> +------------------------------------------------+ >> >> Have you got strange characters in your variable? -charlist- (SSC) as >> recently discussed here is one diagnostic tool. >> Nick >> njcoxstata@gmail.com >> >> >> On 5 March 2014 09:12, Sebastian Say <sebastian.statalist@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi I have a string variable called cofiler, in which the cell contains >>> names of organizations all separated by "XOOD_". >>> >>> When i tried to use the split var, parse (XOOD_) option, it shows >>> cofiler1, cofiler2....cofiler42 generated. >>> >>> My guess is at least 1 cell has 42 names, each separated by XOOD_ >>> >>> However, when I looked at these generated variables, it seems that >>> they are all empty. >>> >>> When I browsed the data, in the original string variable that was to >>> be splitted, it shows only 1 organization's name in any cell. However, >>> when I click onto each of these cells, I can see multiple names in the >>> display bar at the top. >>> >>> My question is, what's causing this problem? And what have I done >>> wrong such that when I tried to parse the string variable, nothing >>> shows up but variables were indeed generated? * * 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/