Re: st: Re: problem with -capture drop-

[Fred Wolfe <fwolfe@arthritis-research.org>]

At 01:58 PM 10/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation, but I still cannot fathom the logic of
> this implementation. If I want to drop a single or all variables
> begining with r, I shall use a wildcard like r*, no matter whether I
> have only one variable beginning with r in the dataset or not. If I
> want to drop the literatral "r", I shall be able to do so by
> specifying -capture drop r-.
>
> Anyway, the practical issue here is: Is there a way to stop Stata
> from playing smart in this type of situation? Thanks.

The advantage of abbreviation that Stata gives sometime causes problems. 
The solution is to use a unique name for your variables. For example. 
_resid or _r, but not both. That usually prevents problems from me.

Fred Wolfe


Fred Wolfe
National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
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