st: find categorical variables

[Jakob Petersen <jpeterb@essex.ac.uk>]

Statalist,
Looking for a way to distinguish categorical from other types of variables.
The following code is based on the assumption that the mean of a 
variable of all integers would be an integer, but _rc seems to take the 
value 7 here regardless - any ideas? Many thanks in advance.

** finding categorical variables ******
sysuse auto,clear
local catvarlist
foreach v of var * {
qui su `v',mean
cap confirm integer number `r(mean)'
if _rc==0 {
local catvarlist `catvarlist' `v'
}
}
di "`catvarlist'"
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*adapted from: http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0048


Jakob Petersen

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