David,
I think that should be
des using auto1, varlist
and not
des auto1, varlist
thanks to all
Raphael
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:25 PM, David Kantor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Following Eva's suggestion, you don't need to -use- a dataset to get its
> variables:
>
> des somedataset, varlist
> local first `r(varlist)'
>
> des someotherdataset, varlist
> local second `r(varlist)'
>
> (You can put in -quietly:- if you like.)
>
> This can be followed by Eva's comparison of first and second, or you can use
> macrolists:
>
> local first_not_second : list first - second
> local second_not_first : list second - first
>
> disp "not present in the first file: `first_not_second'"
> disp "not present in the second file: `second_not_first'"
>
> (Actually, that can be condensed further, but I'll let that go for now.)
>
> See -help macrolists-.
>
> ----
>
> On -cf-, another disadvantage in this situation is that it requires the same
> number of observations in each dataset.
>
> HTH
> --David
>
> At 05:18 PM 9/15/2008, you wrote:
>>
>> If you use -cf- you have to use it in both directions, to be on the
>> safe side. However, -cf- compares all values as well, which will
>> clutter the output considerably if these are actually two different
>> datasets with the same variable names.
>>
>> Here is a way to avoid this problem. The example uses the auto data.
>>
>> ****
>> sysuse auto, clear
>> drop foreign
>> save myauto1
>> sysuse auto, clear
>> drop price head
>> save myauto2
>>
>> qui ds
>> local second `r(varlist)'
>>
>> use myauto1, clear
>> qui ds
>> local first `r(varlist)'
>>
>> foreach x of local first {
>> if strpos("`second'","`x'") == 0 {
>> di in yellow "`x' is not present in the second file."
>> }
>> }
>>
>> foreach x of local second {
>> if strpos("`first'","`x'") == 0 {
>> di in yello "`x' is not present in the first file."
>> }
>> }
>> [...]
>
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