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Re: st: Format labels in table command


From   "J. J. W." <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Format labels in table command
Date   Wed, 2 Apr 2014 23:26:28 +0200

Dear Nick,

thank you for your response. Is it possible to do this without
generating a count variable?

Yours sincerely,

Jun Jie

2014-03-30 13:38 GMT+02:00 Nick Cox <[email protected]>:
> In Stata a format is a display format applying to variables and
> scalars. But we know what you mean. One of many ways is
>
> . sysuse auto
> (1978 Automobile Data)
>
> . egen count = count(mpg) , by(foreign)
>
> . label var count "Number of cars"
>
> . tabdisp foreign, c(count)
>
> --------------------------
>  Car type | Number of cars
> ----------+---------------
>  Domestic |             52
>   Foreign |             22
> --------------------------
>
> .
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 29 March 2014 22:36, J. J. W. <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> suppose I have the following command:
>>
>> table year, c(count length)
>>
>> How can I change the label of the count length column to: "Number of people"?
>>
>> Thank you for your response!
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> Jun Jie
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