Re: st: Re: problem with -capture drop-

[David Kantor <dkantor@jhu.edu>]

This conversation about -drop- dropping unintended variables makes me 
wonder if Stat Corp. ought to provide an option to control this behavior -- 
to not interpret names as potential abbreviations.  Perhaps it would go...

 drop r , exactnames

-- David

At 01:58 PM 10/21/2003 -0700, Eddy wrote:

> Thanks for the explanation, but I still cannot fathom the logic of
> this implementation. If I want to drop a single or all variables
> begining with r, I shall use a wildcard like r*, no matter whether I
> have only one variable beginning with r in the dataset or not. If I
> want to drop the literatral "r", I shall be able to do so by
> specifying -capture drop r-.
>
> Anyway, the practical issue here is: Is there a way to stop Stata
> from playing smart in this type of situation? Thanks.
>
> Eddy
David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
dkantor@jhu.edu
410-516-5404

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