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Re: st: RE: describe


From   David Kantor <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: describe
Date   Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:15:40 -0400

Thanks to Fred for that excellent advice.
-- David
At 09:20 AM 9/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:

Yes, it is a problem. However, one work around is

qui des using file1, varlist

this puts the variable names in r(varlist) where they can be searched, You could then identify if the variable was present and do des again.
David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
[email protected]
410-516-5404

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