RE: st: RE: Re: Multiple value labels

["MA V" <ma_v@hotmail.com>]

I believe it is the command "levels", right? (just found that out)
Thanks!
MA_V

> From: "MA V" <ma_v@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: RE: st: RE: Re: Multiple value labels
> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:41:41 +0000
>
> Thanks so much for your suggestion.
> One question: I have version 8.2 of Stata so I don't have the "levelsof" 
> command. Is there anyway of geeting this plug-in for my version? Or is 
> there a similar version of this command for Stata 8.2? I believe this 
> command would be very useful to me even in other contexts (that not the 
> value labels).
> Thanks,
> MA_V
>
>
>
> > From: "Nick Cox" <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>
> > Reply-To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> > Subject: st: RE: Re: Multiple value labels
> > Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:55:15 +0100
> >
> > Thanks for the plug. I'd have to recommend -labmask-
> > myself as probably the most user-friendly solution here.
> >
> > If it didn't exist, the problem yields to a few lines.
> >
> > * check the assumption of correspondence in
> > your desired direction:
> >
> > bysort var1 (var2) : assert var2[1] == var2[_N]
> >
> > (compare:
> > How do I list observations in a group that differ on a variable?
> > http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/diff.html)
> >
> > * get the distinct values of -var2-:
> >
> > levelsof var2, local(levels)
> >
> > foreach l of local levels {
> > 	su var1 if var2 == "`l'", meanonly
> > 	label def var1 `r(min)' "`l'", add
> > }
> >
> > By assumption the values of -var1- given -var2-
> > are identical. So we can do a look-up by a -summarize-
> > of those values, and add a new value label each
> > time around the loop.
> >
> > Then we link the labels to the variable:
> >
> > label val var1 var1
> >
> > Nick
> > n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
> >
> > Rosy Reynolds
> >
> > > Nick Cox's nifty program -labmask-, part of the -labutil-
> > > suite, will do the
> > > job. It assigns the values (or optionally value labels) of
> > > one variable as
> > > the value labels of another.
> > > -findit labutil-
> >
> > MA V
> >
> > > > I have the following in my data:
> > > > obs        var1           var2
> > > > 1         304                House
> > > > 2         666                Land
> > > > 3         200                Building
> > > > 4         304                House
> > > > 5         304                House
> > > > ...       ...                  ....
> > > >
> > > > where var2 contains the labels for var1. Since I have many
> > > labels it will
> > > > not be easy to create the labels for var1 by hand. Is there an easy
> > > > procedure to make stata recognize that there is an unique
> > > correspondence
> > > > between var1 and var2 and to label var1 using var2?
> >
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