Thank you, Nick & Roger! I can see that Nick's & Roger's answers are
essentially the same. One more (macro) question: Why isn't it necessary in
Roger's solution to put a space between _fvalcur_ and _:label (mpg)_ ?
-Danielle
On 9/18/03 1:27 PM, "Roger Newson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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