How does one left-align a string variable if one does not know the
length of the longest string? I read [U] 15.5 and the -format- entry
in the Reference Manual but cannot find an answer to my question.
Take for example the data in the -format- documentation. To
left-align the variable "state" I manually inspect the storage type
to identify the length and then change the display format.
. webuse census10
. d state
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
------------------------------------------------------------
state str14 %14s State
. format state %-14s
Can this step be automated? My data consists of several right-aligned
string variables of varying length and I would like all of them to be
left-aligned. The solution would work ideally in a case when the
variable names are not known.
Thank you,
Friedrich Huebler
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