Can't this be done with Roger Newson's -descsave- (SSC)?
http://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s418101.html
David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of daniel klein
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 9:34 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: keeping variable labels after -collapse-
>
> I did indeed overlook something, as -uselabel- will not help here,
> either. Seems there is no canned way to save variable labels.
>
> Best
> Daniel
>
> --
> I might be overlooking something here, but the question is/was about
> _variable_ labels, not _value_ labels. As far as I see, -label save-
> just saves and "restores" the latter. -uselabel- may be used, but it
> seems more burdensome than the few lines of code Nick suggested.
>
> Best
> Daniel
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