Re: st: Generating a variable / Format problem?

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 03:15 PM 8/8/2005 +0930, Philip Ryan wrote:
> Depending on your needs you could
>
> (i) gen double temp = id
>
> (ii) treat id as a string variable
I also very much like the -clonevar- command.  It generates an exact copy 
of the original, including storage type and labels.  Very handy if you want 
to manipulate a variable while keeping the original.


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