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st: String problem
From
Carlos Avellaneda Suárez <[email protected]>
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[email protected]
Subject
st: String problem
Date
Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:22:08 -0500
Dear Statalist,
I have to merge several datasets where my key variable is a string
variable, with no specific rule about the length of each string
observation. The problem is that there are some characters (i.e. */)
that are mistakenly added at the end of some observations. I would
like to know how to eliminate those characters because they are
causing me troubles when I merge the datasets. I am sorry if this is a
basic question, but I have never faced this problem before and I don't
know how to solve it.
Here is an example of what I have:
ref
WG1855515
WG1855515*/
WIN18555R15
WIN18555R15*/
PCAV
PCAV*/
HKK20560R16
HKK20560R16*/
Here is what I would like to obtain:
ref
WG1855515
WG1855515
WIN18555R15
WIN18555R15
PCAV
PCAV
HKK20560R16
HKK20560R16
Any help is highly appreciated. Best regards.
Carlos
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