v 3 d ckvar Allows validation to easily be defined and attached directly to variables. d d A system for storing validation or scoring rules with the variables d in a dataset, and then running the validation or scoring. d By attaching the validation rules to the variables themselves, they d are available even if the dataset is merged, appended, or subsetted. d This beats having a codebook, because sharing the data means sharing d the validation as well. d d A dialog box is provided to make entering the validation rules quite d simple. A helper command allows saving the rules in a do-file for d attaching to a similar dataset in the future. d d Distribution-Date: 19sep2007 d d Bill Rising d StataCorp LP d email:brising at stata dot com f ckvar/_char2dlg.ado f ckvar/_ck4like.ado f ckvar/_ckneeded.ado f ckvar/_ckvarnext.ado f ckvar/_set2logic.ado f ckvar/_stata2logic.ado f ckvar/ckchar.hlp f ckvar/ckcharstub.ihlp f ckvar/ckcodebook.ado f ckvar/ckdrop.ado f ckvar/ckdrop.hlp f ckvar/ckdrop_vars.dlg f ckvar/ckkeep.ado f ckvar/ckkeep.hlp f ckvar/ckrename.ado f ckvar/ckrename.hlp f ckvar/ckvar.ado f ckvar/ckvar.hlp f ckvar/ckvar_overview.hlp f ckvar/ckvar_rule_syntax.ihlp f ckvar/ckvarclear.ado f ckvar/ckvarclear.hlp f ckvar/ckvardo.ado f ckvar/ckvardo.hlp f ckvar/ckvaredit.ado f ckvar/ckvaredit.dlg f ckvar/ckvaredit.hlp f ckvar/ckvareditSave.ado f ckvar/ckvarupdate.ado f ckvar/dochar.ado f ckvar/dochar.hlp f ckvar/docharedit.ado f ckvar/docharedit.hlp f ckvar/docharprog.hlp