Re: [EpiData-list] substring in data entry check file

In EpiData Analysis V2.2.1.172:

String variable VARX, value "ABCDEFGH" substr(VARX,2,3) gvies BCD

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Hans

On 20:59, epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca wrote:

Hi,

In epi info 6.04d for DOS it is possible to take a substring using square brackets to index the characters wanted, e.g. firstname[1,1] gives the first letter of the firstname field. Is there anyway to do this in epidata? Using [1,1] like this does not seem to work. It does not throw an error, it just does not do what I want it to do (fill in another field).

Thanks.

David