Quite so. -fsum- has lots of bells and whistles
in this area and well illustrates the principle
of writing your own wrapper if you don't (always)
like what an official command does.
That said, -fsum-'s -format()- option does not
seem as flexible as that of the token program
posted earlier.
Nick
[email protected]
Fred Wolfe
> You could also use -fsum- (ssc install fsum)
>
> . gen thisisaverylongvariablename = age
> (473 missing values generated)
>
> . fsum age this
>
> Variable
> | N Mean SD Min Max
>
> -----------------------------+--------------------------------
> -------------
> Age (years) | 218860 61.71 12.84
> 12.72 103.74
> thisisaverylongvariablename | 218860 61.71 12.84
> 12.72 103.74
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