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help for ^yrxlab^                                               (STB-26: dm34)
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Construct an xlabel() option for dates
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        ^yrxlab^ varlist [^if^ exp] [^in^ range] [ ^,^ ^s^tep^(^#^)^ ^y^ear^(^varname^)^ ]


Description
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^yrxlab^ constructs an ^xlabel()^ option for date values and stores the result
in S_1.  ^yrxlab^ determines the minimum and maximum values of the ^year()^
variable for which there are non-missing observations in any of the variables
in the ^varlist^.  The ^xlabel()^ option labels these extremes and every
^step()^-th value between them.

Note that ^yrxlab^ is designed to work with dates encoded as numeric variables.
Stata has other facilities for labeling Stata elapsed date variables.


Options
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^step(^#^)^ specifies the interval between labeled values.  The default is 1.

^year(^varname^)^ specifies the date variable.  The default is "^year^".


Author
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	Sean Becketti
	Stata Technical Bulletin
	EMAIL:  stb@@stata.com


Also see
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    STB:  STB-26 dm34