Date:         Tue, 29 May 2001 21:58:09 -0300
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From:         Census - Data Analysis <census@DYNAMO.COM.AR>
Subject:      Re: manipulating string variable
Comments: To: Thompson Bill T Contr USAFSAM/FEC <Bill.Thompson@BROOKS.AF.MIL>
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Try this (your variable name is str):

STRING str1(A2).
COMPUTE str1 = SUBSTR(str,1,2).
EXECUTE.

Then select records using str1 as a filter.

Regards,

Maria del Rosario Bruera
Census
Data Analysis & Data Mining
Zapata 31 - Piso 12 "E"
Tel / Fax : (54 11) 47 76 63 95
Buenos Aires
Argentina



-----Mensaje original-----
De: Thompson Bill T Contr USAFSAM/FEC <Bill.Thompson@BROOKS.AF.MIL>
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Para: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Fecha: Martes, 29 de Mayo de 2001 02:11 p.m.
Asunto: manipulating string variable


>I have a variable I need to analyze that has several codes (type=string).
>For example:
>
>C01A
>C02A
>C03A
>.
>.
>.
>.
>.
>11B1
>11B2
>11C1
>11C2
>.
>.
>.
>.
>
>Is there a way to select all the C0... strings or all the 11 strings so I
>can analyze them separately.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>BT
>
>Bill Thompson, Biostatistician
>Conceptual MindWorks, Inc and the
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