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Re:st: Figuring out if variables that were read in are strings or not


From   Lucas Salas <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re:st: Figuring out if variables that were read in are strings or not
Date   Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:34:53 +0100

Hi,
I just will offer the simplest option.
Have you tried  to describe your varlist.
After describe (or d ) you will have your list of variables storage
type. str# for strings.
Another option is just to look the codebook.

These commands function as well with specific variables.

KR,

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Lucas
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