So, you should please remember to say that when you ask questions.
Martin's advice to use -label copy- was based on the standard list
default: you are assumed to be using the current version of Stata
unless you specify otherwise.
Nick
[email protected]
Miranda Kim
Thank you Nick,
I'm still using Stata 10, so labutil will come in handy!
Nick Cox wrote:
> Otherwise put:
>
> 1. See the -help- for -label-.
>
> 2. In Stata 11, and indeed previously, -label define- defines or
changes
> entirely new or existing sets of value labels, but does not permit
> saving under a different name.
>
> 3. In Stata 11, but not previously, -label copy- is the way to copy an
> existing set of value labels under another name.
>
> 4. For Stata 7 to 10, -labvalclone- from -labutil- on SSC is an
> alternative to 3.
>
> 5. For Stata 6 and below, or indeed otherwise, you can just type in
the
> command -label define- for a new group.
> Martin Weiss
>
> ALso, if you often get stuck with such problems, NJC`S -ssc d labutil-
> could
> be for you...
>
> Miranda Kim
>
> How can I create a new label set for the values of a variable, by
> modifying an old one?
> For example if I have:
> label define agegrp 1 "17-24" 2 "25-34" 3 "35-44" 4 "45-54" 5 "55-63"
>
> and I want to create a new label set with a different name, say
agegrp2
> that has the following values:
> 1 "17-24" 2 "25-34" 3 "35-44" 4 ">=45"
>
> Can I use the label set agegrp with the option modify, to create a new
> label set rather than just overwriting the agegrp label?
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