This is similar to what -usesome- (SSC) does.
To load the third variable in a dataset you would code
usesome (3) using foo.dta
Best
Daniel
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These are good solutions once the data are read in.
If the problem is to get at the third variable name before the dataset
is read in, something like
d using auto, varlist
use `: word 3 of `r(varlist)'' using auto
is needed.
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