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Student77
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello,

 

I have heard of the zipstate() function, but I am not sure how to first get my data in the correct structure to be able to use it. I want to add 2 columns to the following data, a new variable called zipcode, and a new one called state

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So I want to figure out first how to extract the first zip, ie the first 5 digits from "zipcode_5"  ( we will use the first zipcode, even when there are multiple, since only the state will matter). and then create a state variable, that uses the newly created, single zipcode

 

I appreciate any help.

 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
state=zipstate(substr(zipcode_5,1,5));

The SUBSTR function in this case selects the first 5 characters.

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Paige Miller

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26
state=zipstate(substr(zipcode_5,1,5));

The SUBSTR function in this case selects the first 5 characters.

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Paige Miller
Student77
Obsidian | Level 7

I understand this part, but as I stated, I first need to create a column that selects the first 5 digits in the zipcode_5 variable.

 

zipstate() does not work for those that have multiple zips, for ex, someone may have a "zipcode_5" of 77550_77555_77553, and zipstate() returns a blank for these.

 

So I need to first create a column called "zip" where it extracts the first 5 digits from zipcode_5 and then run zipstate on the new variable with single zipcodes.

Student77
Obsidian | Level 7

perfect thanks!

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