Radu Ban wrote
> thanks to those who replied to my previos queries. i obtained what i
> needed. however there's one more thing i need to do.
>
> i have an abbreviated varlist stored in a local:
>
> local outcomes "an_abbreviated_varlist"
>
> i would like to create a new variable that contains the labels of the
> variables in the abbreviated varlist (they are all labelled, the variables
> themselves, not the values) . but i cannot figure out how to extract the
> label names.
The extended macro function -variable label- is your friend. Something like
the following might work:
gen str1 labelvar = "" /* <- generate an empty string var */
local i 1
foreach var of varlist `outcomes' {
local lab: variable label `var' /* <- save variable label in local `lab'
replace labelvar = "`lab'" in `i' /* <- store contents of `lab' in */
local i 1
}
regards
uli
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