ds, alpha
gives you a compact alphabetical list of variable
names, after which
edit <varname>
takes you to that variable in the editor. In
addition,
ds, alpha detail
gives you a -describe- with variable names
in alphabetical order. That last extra postdates
the 8 manual, as it was added in an update on
17 June 2003.
Nick
[email protected]
David Jacobs
> As you probably already know, there's a command called
> "look for" that
> matches strings in variable names and in variable labels.
> Then "describe
> [var name], number" tells you where the variable is in the file.
>
> Note that this sequence is more than a bit clunky. When I
> used to use SPSS
> long ago, there was a "find variable" command of some kind that put
> everything in alphabetic order in a list and then if you selected a
> variable, it would take you to that point in the data
> spread sheet. I wish
> Stata had something like that.
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
