Neil, thanks for the extra help. I have entered my
help topics in the search command - and the result is
a wide range of topics unrelated to what I needed.
But, I'm sure that I need to work on defining my
search topics better.
Thanks again for all of your help!
Buddy
> On 6/12/06, buddyb <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sorry, I'm confused....omit permanently where?
> >
> > ..and well, while I'm at it...how do I get a
> listing
> > of just my variables without any other
> info...describe
> > gives me too much info.
>
> Please read the help pages for each of the commands
> you are using as
> they contain the answers to many of your questions
> (this is clearly
> stated in the Statalist FAQ, the URL for which
> appears at the bottom
> of all messages on statalist, but just in case the
> link to the
> specific section is
> http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq#before).
>
> If you look at the help page for more (type -help
> more-, omitting the
> flanking dashes) you will see the explanation of
> what the
> 'permanently' option does, and can the choose
> whether to include it in
> your do-file.
>
> You may find it useful to read the help page for
> language if you do
> not understand the syntax given in the help pages
> (-help language-)
> and chapter 11 of the Users manual if you have a
> copy to available.
>
> In a similar vein you can answer your own question
> with regards to
> listing only the variable names (i.e. -help
> describe- provides the
> answer)
>
> Neil
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