Btissam Bouzidi
 
> i often have error message :  may not  label strings!! what does it
> mean,please? how to correct this error.
It means that you are trying to attach value labels 
to a string variable. 
Most commonly, what you have is a string variable 
that should really be numeric. The remedy is often 
to apply -destring- and then attach the labels. 
Some or all of what is at 
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/allstring.html
may apply in your case. 
Nick
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