[David Torres]

Not a problem, Nick. Here's the code followed by the error message:

. forval i = 1/`N_names' {
2. mata: st_local("eachname", name[`i'])
3. replace disciplinecomments = subinword (disciplinecomments, "`eachname'", "", .)
4. }
invalid syntax
r(198);

For all of the preceding code that Mike provided, I simply edited the text according to my needs.

I'm using an up-to-date version of Stata 13.1.

[Nick Cox]

I'd try subinword( and not subinword (.

[Mike Lacy]

For what it's worth: I just successfully ran my code on some sample data from Robert's posting, and after removing the errant space after -subinword-, per Carole's comment. - Mike

[David Torres]

Thanks, everyone, for your help. As always, you prove that Statalist is an invaluable resource. Cheers!