Re: st: Grabbing variable labels

["E. Paul Wileyto" <epw@mail.med.upenn.edu>]

Thanks.  Didn't know it was that easy.  I was looking for debris left 
behind by -describe-

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Margaret R Grove wrote:

> Is this what you have in mind?
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>
> local lbvar : variable label agecat
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>
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> E. Paul Wileyto wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there is a way to grab the variable label as a 
> > macro for programming purposes?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Paul
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