Date:         Tue, 7 Dec 2004 03:10:50 +0000
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From:         Laughing Beggar <laughing_beggar@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Selecting on character string characteristics
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Hi all,
Having finally discovered the colon will let me find character variable
strings that start a certain way (eg (icd10d1 = :'M85.1') finds me all the
values that start with M85.1) I now have to limit this to character strings
that do not contain a forward slash (/). How do I do this ? or where can I
find some documentation on selecting by character string characteristics ?
Thanks
L_B


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