st: Re: -levels- question

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

At 13:06 18/09/03 -0400, Danielle H. Ferry wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Using the example provided in the documentation of -levels-:
>
>     . levels factor, local(levels)
>     . foreach l of local levels {
>     .        di "-> factor = `l'"
>     .        whatever if factor == `l'
>     . }
>
> Is it possible to display the value labels of factor rather than the
> numerical codes?
Yes. Use the extended macro function -label- (see online help for -macro- 
or -[P] macro-).

For instance, instead of

di "-> factor = `l'"

you could have typed

local fvalcur:label (factor) `l'
di "-> factor = `fvalcur'"

I hope this helps.

Roger


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