Programming "if cell starts with a certain word or phrase"

[Line Damsgaard]

Hi,

I am trying to program in Stata 14.2 so that if a cell (string variable) starts with a certain word or phrase, it should be marked as 1

I've tried the following:
generate STUFF=0
replace STUFF=1 if strpos(stringvariable, "stuff")

However, this just marks it as 1 if stuff is contained in the string; fx if it says "nice stuff", whereas I need it to only be 1 if it says "stuff that is nice", e.g. the phrase STARTS with stuff.

Is this possible in Stata?
I hope the questions makes sense

Thanks, all the best,
Line

[daniel klein]

Look for substr().

Best
Daniel

[Nick Cox]

 if strpos(stringvariable, "stuff") == 1 

is a sufficient twist.

[daniel klein]

How do I overlook these things? Nice(er) solution.

[Line Damsgaard]

Amazing - thank you so much!!