st: Re: from variable names to values

[Katie Wilson <collectmoments@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

I have a data set with 41 variables: a unique identifier and then 40
variables containing population size.  I got the minimum poplation of
all forty just using egen minpop=rowmin(area1-area40).  Now I need to
create a new variable which has a code for the area with the smallest
population, ideally the value would be the same as the variable name
for the area.  The problem I run into, of course, is that STATA never
captures a variable name, only its own value.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you,
Katie

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