Re: st: RE: label the variables

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

I already suggested -order- and -rename-. See what happens when  
original poster deletes too much of the thread!

Nick

On 24 Jun 2011, at 15:32, "Miller, Daniel P" <dpmiller@bu.edu> wrote:

> It seems like perhaps you just want to order your variables in the  
> variables window?
>
> If so, you can just use the order command:
>
> order depvar expvar1 expvar2....expvar_n control1 control2...control_n
>
> you could even create empty variable to act as placeholders in your  
> variable window if you wanted
>
> e.g.:
>
> gen DEPENDENTXXXXXXXXX=.
> gen EXPLANATORYXXXXXXX=.
> gen CONTROLXXXXXXXXXXX=.
>
> and then:
>
> order DEPENDENTXXXXXXXXX  depvar EXPLANATORYXXXXXXX expvar1  
> expvar2....expvar_n CONTROLXXXXXXXXXXX control1 control2...control_
>
> Muhammad Anees
>
> Yes, it is simple, just rename-ing all your vars will do the job.
>
> dependent*******************
> ren y1 depy1
> ren y2 depy2
> ren y3 depy3
> explanatory********************
> ren x1 explx1
> ren x2 explx2
> ren x3 explx3
> control var*****************
> ren x4 contx4
> ren x5 exptx5
>
> use it into analysis, outpur will help you identify what variable you
> wanted to respresent
> Or you can use loop if someone can give hints on that
>
>
> HTH
> Anees
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>  
> wrote:
> > I am not really clear on what you want here but it doesn't register  
> > as corresponding to  any particular command. What is clear is that  
> > you would need to specify such distinctions yourself somehow, as  
> > Stata itself doesn't stamp variables in this way.
> >
> > Nick
> > n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
> >
> > Nahla Samargandi
> >
> > Thank you for your help. Actually what I meant regarding label the  
> > variables into groups, that I remember there was a command give  
> > this option , but unfortunately, I cant remember it well.
> > when I type
> >  gen helper= var helper*********************
> > it gives me this massage
> > var not found
> > r(111);
> >
> > I want to put my variables into groups to be easy to choose among  
> > them when I run the regression
> > ,
> > for example
> > dependent*******************
> > y1
> > y2
> > y3
> > explanatory********************
> > x1
> > x2
> > x3
> > control var*****************
> > x4
> > x5
> >
> > could you help me to find the command for this.
> >
> > Meany thanks,
> > N
> >
> > it let your variabls apper like this
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