Date:         Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:06:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Wei <wei112@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Wei <wei112@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: key words in abstract
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Use function indexw.


gary.anderson@NIST.GOV (Gary Anderson) wrote in message news:<5.0.2.1.2.20030429103828.03095700@mail.nist.gov>...
> Hi All,
>
> One variable in a data set is actually an abstract. I would like create
> dummy variables for those abstracts that contain certain key words.
>
> Is there a better way to do this than by 1) subsetting using WHERE ...
> CONTAINS statements and then 2) merging datasets back together?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary