PRECMD: Stata module: programming utility for prefix commands

Jeroen Weesie ()
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Jeroen Weesie: Utrecht University

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: precmd is a programming utility that facilitates the parsing of prefix commands. Briefly, precmd mname1 mname2 : string returns he part from string up to the first colon : in mname1 and the the part after this colon in mname2. If string does not contain a colon mname2 will be empty. For those with Stata v6 on an internet-accessible machine, install by typing .net cd http://www.fss.uu.nl/soc/iscore/stata/ then .net install precmd

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 6.0
Date: Written 1999-04-14

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http://www.fss.uu.nl/soc/iscore/stata/precmd.ado Stata component (text/plain)
http://www.fss.uu.nl/soc/iscore/stata/precmd.hlp Stata component (text/plain)

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