The macro extended function `: label (state) `i'' should do the job:
sysuse auto
forval i=0/1 {
di "`i'"
di "`: label (foreign) `i''"
}
Philippe
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Janet Hill
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 4:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Re: Display labels
I have a dataset which is classified by a numerical
value which has an associated label:
state | Freq. Percent Cum.
--------------+-----------------------------------
Hard | 400 33.33 33.33
Soft. Batch 1 | 400 33.33 66.67
Soft. Batch 2 | 400 33.33 100.00
--------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 1,200 100.00
.. tab state,nol
state | Freq. Percent Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
1 | 400 33.33 33.33
2 | 400 33.33 66.67
3 | 400 33.33 100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 1,200 100.00
I loop over this variable with prior knowledge of the
numerical values of state
forvalues i=1(1)3{
di `i'
su a if state==`i'
....other calculations etc.
}
and this displays the numeric value of i. What I would
like to do display the label. I tried setting up a
local macro with the labels for state but this failed.
I would be grateful for some advice on the correct
syntax for this.
Thanks,
Janet
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