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Re: st: excluding variables by type


From   Libby Hemphill <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: excluding variables by type
Date   Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:40:13 -0400

And Eva.  You guys were so helpful.  Thank you.

On 25/03/2008, Eva Poen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Libby,
>
>  here are two ways to do it.
>
>  1.
>  qui ds *
>  foreach x of varlist `=r(varlist)' {
>
>    capture confirm string variable `x'
>
>    if !_rc {
>       do string things
>    }
>    else {
>       do numeric things
>    }
>  }
>
>  2.
>  qui ds *, has(type string)
>  foreach x of varlist `=r(varlist)' {
>    do string things
>  }
>
>  qui ds *, has(type numeric)
>  foreach x of varlist `=r(varlist)' {
>    do numeric things
>  }
>
>
>
>  Eva
>
>
>  2008/3/25, Libby Hemphill <[email protected]>:
>
> > Hi,
>  >
>  >  I'm wondering if there's a way to loop through all my variables and
>  >  perform some action only on those that are numeric.  Is there a way to
>  >  check for the type of the variable before doing something?  Like
>  >
>  >  for each variable
>  >  if string, next
>  >  else do X
>  >  end for
>  >
>  >  Thanks!
>  >
>
> >  --
>  >  Libby Hemphill
>  >  Doctoral Candidate
>  >  School of Information
>  >  University of Michigan
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Libby Hemphill
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School of Information
University of Michigan
http://www.libbyh.com

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