Phil
worked like a charm. Many thanks
Don Spady
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Ryan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 17:21
Subject: st: re: long variable value in tab: how to get it all
> Don Spady wrote:
>
> Hello statalisters
> I have a variable which is an icd-9 descriptor (e.g. "009 ill-defined
> intestinal infections"
> I want to do a tab with the descriptor as var1 and something else as var2
> e.g. "tab dx2desc chrAll"
> When I do this I get tab output but the icd9 descriptor (i.e. dx2desc) is
> truncated
> so I get "009 ill-defined i" instead of "009 ill-defined intestinal
> infection"
> Is there any way to get tab to give a more complete (i.e. wider) output of
> dx2desc?
> Many thanks
> ==================
>
> Try -table- rather than -tabulate- and, if necessary, use
the -stubwidth()-
> option.
>
> Phil
>
>
> Philip Ryan
> Associate Professor
> Department of Public Health
> Medical School
> University of Adelaide
> Adelaide 5005
> South Australia
>
> tel: +61 8 83033570
> fax: +61 8 82234075
>
> [email protected]
> http://www.public-health.adelaide.edu.au/
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