Moss cmd string search: case-sensitive

[Kyle Smith]

For most applications, users want case-insensitive. I am looking for the opposite.

If I use "moss" cmd:

moss v1, match("George") prefix(geo1)

It returns a 1 if it finds "george" within the string variable (v1). I only want it to count an occurrence if it finds the exact (case-sensitive) string ("George").

Or do I need to use nss cmd within egenmore. Or is there a better command then nss?

Thanks in advance.

[Robert Picard]

moss (from SSC) is not a function, it is a command and it does not return a 1, it generates variables. It is also case-sensitive:

. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)

. moss make, match("concord") prefix(geol)

. list make geol* in 1

     +------------------------+
     | make          geolco~t |
     |------------------------|
  1. | AMC Concord          0 |
     +------------------------+

. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)

. moss make, match("Concord") prefix(geol)

. list make geol* in 1

     +-----------------------------------+
     | make          geolco~t   geolpos1 |
     |-----------------------------------|
  1. | AMC Concord          1          5 |
     +-----------------------------------+

[Kyle Smith]

Robert,

My mistake. Thanks for the clarification. I have too many string variables in my data and I looked at the variable name wrong. Sorry to cost you time.

--Kyle