Count the digits of variable

[Ed Suh]

Hello,

I would like to create a variable ('digit') that counts the number of digits of a number variable.
For instance:

code	Digit
1	1
1233	4

Thank you in advance!

[William Lisowski]

This seems to do what you want on your limited data example.

. generate wanted = length(string(code))

. list, clean noobs

    code   digit   wanted  
       1       1        1  
    1233       4        4  

.

[Rich Goldstein]

it is much easier if you use -dataex- for your examples; please read and follow the FAQ; here is one way:

gen length=length(string(x))

where I used "x" instead of your "code" and I named the new variable "length" instead of "Digit" - change as befits your data and your desires

[Ed Suh]

Thank you very much for the replies! I will use -dataex- all the time from now!