Thanks to Fred for that excellent advice.
-- David
At 09:20 AM 9/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Yes, it is a problem. However, one work around is
qui des using file1, varlist
this puts the variable names in r(varlist) where they can be searched,
You could then identify if the variable was present and do des again.
David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
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