Re: st: SImple question on "describe"

[Philip Ryan <philip.ryan@adelaide.edu.au>]

In response to the second part of the question, I think this is bit 
trickier.  The display of data under -table- is controlled by 
-tabdisp-.  This is an in-built command, so not amenable to tinkering by 
end-users.  -tabdisp- behaves a bit like -tabulate- in that, by default, 
these commands display the variable label, not the variable name, in the 
headers.  -tabulate- has a -nolabel- option that allows you to choose to 
display the variable name, but you don't get the choice of 
both.  -tabdispl- does not even have a -nolabel- option (and consequently 
-table- does not permit it).

So... I think if you want to get variable name and label into the row/col 
headers of a cross-tabulation display, then you might need to knit your own 
from a reasonably low level.  I haven't looked thoroughly at the enormous 
number of user written programs in the general area of tables, so maybe 
someone has already tackled this.

Phil



At 05:44 PM 20/06/2006 -0700, you wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've checked the user's guide, programming and the
> reference guide.  I want to use describe and only want
> the variable name and variable label - not the other
> information.  Also, when I use a table command - I
> would like to see BOTH the variable name and the
> variable label - is this possible?
>
> Thanks,
> Buddy
>
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