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From | "Feiveson, Alan H. (JSC-SK311)" <alan.h.feiveson@nasa.gov> |
To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | st: RE: describe using (problem with abbrev ) |
Date | Wed, 4 Dec 2013 18:42:55 +0000 |
Thanks, Daniel and Nick for your replies - somehow I missed them when they came out. Al -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Feiveson, Alan H. (JSC-SK311) Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 9:15 AM To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: st: describe using (problem with abbrev ) Hi _ In Stata 13 (and also in Stata 12), it appears that the abbreviation with a dash "-" does not work with -describe using- e.g. use temp,clear . des y1-y2 using ajit_112213 variable - not found in file ajit_112213.dta r(111); . des y1 y2 using ajit_112213 storage display value variable name type format label variable label ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- y1 float %8.0g seatedegress y2 float %8.0g pegboard But the asterisk does work: . des y* using ajit_112213 storage display value variable name type format label variable label ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- y1 float %8.0g seatedegress y2 float %8.0g pegboard Am I missing something? Thanks, Al Feiveson * * 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/ * * 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/