st: Re: Function that returns variable type (string, etc.)?

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

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Here are a couple of approaches assuming your variable is called myvar

Method 1:
capture confirm string var myvar
if _rc==0 {
...then do stuff with a string var
}
else {
...do stuff with numeric var
}

Method 2:
local vartype: type myvar
if substr("`vartype'",1,3)=="str" { 
 do stuff with string var...
}

Michael Blasnik

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rachel" <academicgirl@gmail.com>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:09 AM
Subject: st: Function that returns variable type (string, etc.)?



> I'm looking for a function that returns the type of a given variable.
> Specifically, I'd like to know if each variable in a list is a string
> or not.
>
> This seems fairly obvious, but I couldn't find it in the documentation
> under "Format" or any of the related entries.
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