use the extended function syntax of -local- (see help macro).
for example:
. sysuse auto
(1978 Automobile Data)
. local k: type price
. local m: type make
. di "price `k' make `m'"
price int make str18
Phil
At 12:01 PM 8/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
I am looking to loop through each of the variables in my dataset and
manipulate variables that are of data type str10 or more. Is there any way
I can capture the data type of a variable? Neither describe or codebook
seem to have return codes r( ) that would serve this purpose. If I can
capture the variable type as a string, e.g., "byte", "str5", "integer" it
would easy from there.
Much thanks,
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