Re: st: Create dataset of variable names and variable labels

[Ronnie Babigumira <rb.glists@gmail.com>]

Thanks to everyone who responded. Martin, you were correct, I meant labels.

I decided to use -descsave- because of a very useful variable it creates called order which I use later.

descsave `vars', saving(`desc_labels', replace) rename(name Variable) keep(Variable varlab order)

Ronnie


Austin Nichols wrote:
> Ronnie Babigumira <rb.glists@gmail.com>:
> Try:
>
> sysuse auto
> ssc inst descsave
> descsave, sa(test)  keep(name varlab)
> use test
> li
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Ronnie Babigumira <rb.glists@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear List
> > How can I create a small data set made up of variable names and variable
> > levels for some variables in a data set.
> >
> > Something like this from the auto data
> >
> > variable        var_label
> > make            Make and Model
> > price           Price
> > mpg             Mileage (mpg)
> > length          Length (in.)
> > trunk           Trunk space (cu. ft.)
> >
> > Ronnie
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