John writes:
> I've got two related questions regarding column and row names.
> (1) How can I replace the 'jth' column name only?
> (2) How can I save as a macro the 1st j column names from a matrix?
As far as I know, there are no specific functions for such purposes and
you have to use some work arounds.
(1) To change the name of row 2 to "whatever":
mat a=(1 \ 2 \ 3)
forv i=1/`=rowsof(a)' {
if `i'==2 local rnames "`rnames' whatever"
else local rnames "`rnames' `:word `i' of `:rownames(a)''"
}
mat rownames a=`rnames'
mat list a
(2) To save the first 2 rownames as a macro:
mat a=(1,2\ 3,4\ 5,6)
forv i=1/2 {
local rnames "`rnames' `:word `i' of `:rownames(a)''"
}
di "`rnames'"
Note that the rownames *must not* contain spaces, since the extended
macro function -rownames()- returns the names without quotes.
Furthermore, only names will be changed but not eqnames (use the
extended macro function -fullrownames()- if you want to change both).
The resulting macro 'rnames' will have a leading space (usually, this is
irrelevant). If you want to remove it, type
local rnames: list retokenize rnames
ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John D. Levendis [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:18 PM
> To: statalist
> Subject: st: column and row naming
>
>
> Hello Statalisters,
>
> I've got two related questions regarding column and row names.
> (1) How can I replace the 'jth' column name only?
> (2) How can I save as a macro the 1st j column names from a matrix?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> --John
>
>
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