A possible solution to your problem might use the -descsave- package,
downloadable from SSC (for Stata 9 users) or from my website (for Stata
8 users). The -descsave- package is an extended version of -describe-
and/or -ds-. It can list the names (and nothing else) in one no-frills
column if you type
descsave, list(name, clean noobs noheader)
Alternatively, it can produce lists of variable attributes including
names, variable labels, value labels, formats and/or characteristics,
using all the power of official Stata's -list- command. Alternatively,
it can output these variable attributes to a disk file or to the memory.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes
Roger
Roger Newson
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eamonn
O'Brien
Sent: 28 February 2007 12:21
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: help required using the -ds- command
Dear Statalist
I'm am trying to obtain a list of my variable names in one column ( I
have over 100 variables). I haven't achieved this but I have been
experimenting with the -ds- command, specifically the options
'varwidth(#)' and 'skip(#)'. Can anyone help with this?
One small point, the help file for the -ds- option 'skip' states the
default is skip(12) , but if I use skip(11) the following error is
returned 'skip() should be in the range 1..10'.
Eamonn
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