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| From | daniel klein <klein.daniel.81@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: getting the nth column name |
| Date | Wed, 7 Nov 2012 01:13:31 +0100 |
This is similar to what -usesome- (SSC) does. To load the third variable in a dataset you would code usesome (3) using foo.dta Best Daniel -- These are good solutions once the data are read in. If the problem is to get at the third variable name before the dataset is read in, something like d using auto, varlist use `: word 3 of `r(varlist)'' using auto is needed. * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/