Another solution I sometimes use is of the form:
sysuse auto, clear
foreach var of varlist _all {
local vl = "`vl' `var'"
}
local exclude "trunk weight disp length mpg make"
local vl: list vl - exclude
di "`vl'"
local
> Hi,
>
> using the foreach command I would like to exclude certain variables,
> e.g:
> "foreach var of varlist _all [/excluding a, b, c/]".
>
> Is that possible and if so how?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas
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