Value labels are associated either with a valuelabelname or a varname (to which a valuelabelname has been attached).
Thus, you must make reference to one of these to extract a particular value label.
The two forms would be:
`:label valuelabelname `i''
`:label (varname) `i''
You must include the () if you use the varname approach.
Tom
Thomas J. Steichen
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> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Siyam, Amani
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 2:59 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Displaying value labels within a" foreach" statement
>
>
> Dear Stata-listers,
>
> I have the following foreach statement:
>
> foreach i in 8 11 14 17 20 {
>
> foreach j in x y z {
>
> display " Daily intake `j' at age `i'
> months"
>
> tabstat `j' if vnum==`i', by(site) stats(mean sd)
> col(stats)
> }
> }
>
> There are value labels for the values 8 11 14 17 20 that "i"
> takes that I wish to display. Is there a way I can do that, I
> tried adding extra quotes around ``i'' in the "display"
> statement, but it did not work.
>
>
> Many thanks for your help in advance.
>
>
> Amani
>
>
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