STRGEN: Stata module to generate string variables without knowing string type

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Abstract: strgen generates a new string variable as the result of an expression with a string result. The string type, whether str1 ... str80, is determined automatically as the smallest string type which will hold the data.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 6.0
Keywords: string variables; generate; data management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-01-16
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install strgen". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/strgen.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/strgen.hlp help file (text/plain)

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