Re: st: variable names from another dataset

[Gary Longton <glongton@fhcrc.org>]

David Kantor wrote:
> Does anyone know, is it possible to get the variable names of another 
> dataset without loading it?
>
> Presently, I do this...
> use otherfile
> unab othervars : *
>
> use mymainfile
> [ code referencing othervars ]
> ...
>
> But can I avoid -use-ing otherfile?
describe using <otherfile>, varlist
local otherfilevars = "`r(varlist)'"

- GL


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