This would seem approachable
as a variation on various programs
posted on 11 May, e.g.
*! NJC 1.0.0 3 Aug 2004
program searchnotes
version 8
syntax name(name=what)
local nnotes "`: char _dta[note0]'"
if "`nnotes'" != "" {
forval i = 1/`nnotes' {
local char : char _dta[note`i']
local WHAT : ///
subinstr local char `"`what'"' `"`what'"', count(local n)
if `n' {
di as res "_dta: " as txt `"`char'"'
}
}
}
foreach v of var * {
local nnotes "`: char `v'[note0]'"
if "`nnotes'" != "" {
forval i = 1/`nnotes' {
local char : char `v'[note`i']
local WHAT : ///
subinstr local char `"`what'"' `"`what'"', count(local n)
if `n' {
di as res "`v': " as txt `"`char'"'
}
}
}
}
end
I'd appreciate a more elegant method of counting...
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> Roger Harbord
> Sent: 03 August 2004 19:29
> To: Statalist; [email protected]
> Subject: st: searching the notes
>
>
> Is there any way of searching all the -notes- for a given
> string? I find
> -lookfor- very useful when dealing with datasets with many
> variables but it
> would be even more useful if it had a -, notes- option to
> allow searching of
> the notes attached to the variables too. Alternatively maybe
> if -notes list-
> had a -, find(string)- option..?
>
> I realise that you need to have a lot of notes in your
> dataset to find this
> useful - we do here as our database manager has set up a
> clever system (don't
> ask me how it works) to export from Access to Stata so each
> Field Description
> in Access becomes a note attached to that variable in Stata.
> (The Field
> Descriptions are too long to make useful variable labels and
> often exceed the
> limit of 80 characters for variable labels.)
>
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
