The command -numlabel _all, add- works most of the time but not
always. I have a problem with one file containing 27,000 observations
in 82 variables, most of them in byte format. When I enter -numlabel
_all, add- (or -numlabel, add-) numeric values are added to the value
labels of about 20 variables, but the value labels of about 40 other
variables are not changed. To change the value labels I have to
specify the variable names in the -numlabel- command. I tried the
-mask-, -force- and -detail- options to no avail. Below is an example
for one variable for which -numlabel _all, add- does not work. I use
Stata 8.2 with the latest updates.
Friedrich Huebler
. d hl3
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hl3 byte %10.0g hl3 sex
. sum hl3
Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min
Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
hl3 | 27035 1.511929 .4998669 1
2
. lab list hl3
hl3:
1 male
2 female
7 missing
. numlabel _all, add
. lab list hl3
hl3:
1 male
2 female
7 missing
. numlabel hl3, add
. lab list hl3
hl3:
1 1. male
2 2. female
7 7. missing
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