Is the SMCL -findalias- command documented anywhere? And, if not, is there a reason for this?
I ask because I am currently updating one of my packages to Stata 11, so it can deal with factor variables. I wanted my on-line help file to refer to the .pdf manual entry
[U] 11.4.3 Factor variables
and, to find the best way to do this, I looked in the file -fvvarlist.sthlp- (shipped as part of official Stata 11), and found that the help references at the bottom contained the paragraph
{psee}
Manual: {findalias frfvvarlists}
which seemed to imply the existence of a SMCL -findalias- command. I incorporated a similar paragraph in my own .sthlp file, which seemed to work. I then attempted to find documentation of the -findalias- command by typing, in Stata,
whelp smcl
and then doing a Stata word search on -findalias-. Nothing was found. So I tried typing, in Stata,
findit findalias
which also returned no matches. So I then typed, in Stata,
whelp undocumented
and searched there. However, I have not yet found anything.
Is there any documentation for the -findalias- command? And, if not, is there a special reason for this? And, if StataCorp want to discourage us from using -findalias-, then what do they want to encourage us to use instead?
Best wishes (and thanks in advance)
Roger
Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London
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