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Re: st: Retrieving variable list from describe


From   Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: Retrieving variable list from describe
Date   Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:26:55 -0400

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On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Barth Riley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear list
>
> i would like to retrieve the list of variables matching a specification used
> with describe, e.g.:
>
> describe item*
>
> I know that describe provides an r(varlist) macro, yet I can seem to use or
> access it. For instance:
>
> foreach var in "`r(varlist)'" {
> ...
> }
>
> does nothing. I have also tried not enclosing `r(vrlist)' in quotes . Does
> this only work in conjunction with the ds command?
>
> Thanks
>
> Barth
>
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