foreach v of var _all {
label var `v' `"`= proper(`"`: var label `v'"')"'
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Dimitriy V.
> Masterov
> Sent: 21 July 2006 22:41
> To: Statalist
> Subject: st: converting variable labels to proper case with
> apostrophes
>
>
> I am trying to convert my variable labels to proper case, so that
> instead of "government office region" I have "Government Office
> Region". I used this code:
> foreach var of varlist _all {;
> set trace on;
> lab var `var' "`=proper("`:var label `var''")'";
> };
>
> but it runs into problem when there are apostrophes in the label. I
> checked out the labutils suite, but I don't think there's a solution
> there.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Dimitriy Masterov
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