st: Re: Extended macro problem

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

At 00:17 01/06/04 -0700, Kaleb wrote (in reply to Fred):
> Fred,
>
> You're going to groan yourself when you see the error.  Everything's fine, 
> but you're assuming the name of the label values is the same name as the 
> categorical variable.  In the case of sex, it works out, but edcat's label 
> is edcode2 and what the code basically does is:
>
> local edcatlab0 : label edcat 0
>
> when what you really want is:
>
> local edcatlab0 : label edcode2 0
>
> Just add a line that grabs the correct label value name before this and 
> you should be good.
>
> Kaleb...
Or Fred could have written the malfunctioning line as

local `catvar'lab`num': label (`catvar') `num'

(note the parentheses), which refers to the label of the variable stored in 
the macro -catvar-. See -[P] macro- for details.

Or, alternatively, Fred might like to use the -factext- package, 
downloadable from my website. (A fully up to date version should be on SSC 
as soon as Kit gets back to Boston.) The -factext- package inputs the 
-label- variable in a -parmby- output and re-creates the categorical 
factors, sometimes with help from the -descsave- package, which is also on 
SSC. The categorical factors can then be used in plots and tables.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes

Roger


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