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VTOKENIZE: Stata module to split a variable into its tokens

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  • Bill Rising

    (University of Louisville)

Programming Language

Stata

Abstract

vtokenize and vgettoken do for variables what tokenize and gettoken do for strings in Stata. The main use of this is for dealing with nasty datasets. vtokenize splits every observation into its tokens, creating as many variables as needed to hold the tokens. vgettoken pulls the first token off every observation of a variable, placing the result in a variable of the user's choice, optionally placing the remainder into yet another variable. Both commands allow user-specified delimiter lists and both allow either treating the delimiters as tokens or ignoring them completely.

Suggested Citation

  • Bill Rising, 2003. "VTOKENIZE: Stata module to split a variable into its tokens," Statistical Software Components S436201, Boston College Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s436201
    Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install vtokenize". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/v/vtokenize.ado
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