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| From | David Kantor <kantor.d@att.net> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: label variable: curious response |
| Date | Thu, 30 May 2013 11:54:49 -0400 |
Hello, At 11:38 AM 5/30/2013, Michael McCulloch wrote:
Greetings! I'm scratching my head over the following error message: . sysuse nlsw88, clear . gen wt = int(uniform()*10) . la var south "Lives in the south" invalid syntax r(198); [...]
Looks like you attempted to enclose the label in quotes, but not the usual plain-text quotation marks.
Are you using a word-processor, rather than a text editor? HTH --David * * 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/