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Re: st: AW: compare files, vars only


From   Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: AW: compare files, vars only
Date   Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:13:05 -0500


I think

 loc diff : list first - second

will only give the variables in the first file not in the
second, but ignores those in the second not in the first.

how about:

************* compare variables ********
program define compvars
    syntax using/
    tempname file1 file2 equiv diff1 diff2
    quietly d , varlist
    local `file1'=r(varlist)
    quietly d using `using', varlist
    local `file2'=r(varlist)
    local `equiv' : list `file1'===`file2'
    if ``equiv''!=1 {
        local `diff1' : list `file1'-`file2'
        local `diff2' : list `file2'-`file1'
        di "Difference: "
        di "   In master not using:  "
        di "                ``diff1''"
        di "   In using not master:  "
        di "                ``diff2''"
    }
    else {
        di "Difference: "
        di "   None!    "
    }
end
****************************************************

Whence:

. sysuse auto
. drop  gear_ratio displacement
. save newauto,replace
. sysuse auto
. compvars using newauto
Difference:
   In master not using:
                displacement gear_ratio
   In using not master:


hth,
Jeph

Johannes Geyer wrote:
what about:

 *************
 clear*
 sysuse auto, clear
 drop  gear_ratio displacement
 save newauto, replace
 sysuse auto, clear
 qui ds
 loc first `r(varlist)'

 des using auto, varlist

 loc second `r(varlist)'
 loc diff: list first - second
 di in red "Differences: `diff'"
 *************

-describe- does not need to load the dataset which may be of interest here


Johannes

[email protected] schrieb am 19/02/2009 16:53:44:

<>


*************
clear*
sysuse auto, clear
drop  gear_ratio displacement
save newauto, replace
sysuse auto, clear
qui ds
loc first `r(varlist)'
u newauto, clear
qui ds
loc second `r(varlist)'
loc diff: list first - second
di in red "Differences: `diff'"
*************

I am sure I have violated several rules on the possible lengths of
components in here (think 244...)


HTH
Martin


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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Februar 2009 16:41
An: Statalist
Betreff: st: compare files, vars only

Hi.
Does anyone know of a program to compare the sets of variables in two data files? What I have in mind is something akin to -cf-, but...
  it would not compare values -- only the names of variables;
it would not care whether the two data files had the same number of observations.

I was planning to write such a program, but I wanted to be sure that it hadn't already been done.
Thanks
--David

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