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RE: st: How can I obtain the name of a variable's value label programatically?


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   stata list <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: How can I obtain the name of a variable's value label programatically?
Date   Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:07:20 +0000 (GMT)

--- K. Jensen wrote:
> I would like to obtain the name of a variable's value label
> programatically within  a loop.

You can do that using extended macro function, see: 
-help extended_fcn- and the example below:

*------------ begin example ---------------
sysuse auto, clear
foreach var of varlist _all {
	local lab : value label `var'
	di "`lab'"
}
*------------ end example -----------------
(For more on how to use examples I sent to the Statalist, see
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands

visiting address:
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+31 20 5986715

http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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