My puzzle is resolved in this way:
1. [D] describe tells me that I can abbreviate -describe-
by -d-, so I usually do.
2. However, if I do that and say
. d, simple
Stata fires up the program -d- in d.ado on BASE, which
_ignores_ the -simple- option.
I am tempted to regard this as a bug until told what
I am misunderstanding.
This doesn't affect my advice to Daniel except that
describe, simple
foreach x of var * {
codebook `x', compact
tabulate `x'
}
is an alternative (more efficient than my previous).
Nick
[email protected]
Nick Cox
> I guess that your line
>
> local AlleVariablen = r(varlist)
>
> evaluated, not copied. Thus the limit on
> the length of a string in a string expression
> (see -help limits-) bit you.
>
> Actually, I am a bit puzzled, as in my version
> of Stata, 9.2, -describe, simple- does not leave behind
> r(varlist) -- contrary to [D] describe and your example.
>
> Anyway, your code can be slimmed down to cut the
> middle macro:
>
> ds
> foreach x of var * {
> codebook `x', compact
> tabulate `x'
> }
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Daniel Becker
>
> > I am trying to loop over all names of variables in the memory. to
> > prepare for that, I want to prepare a local that lists all my
> > variables. I thought that r(varlist) stores them, but, as you see
> > below, the "descibe, simple" commmand gives me all my
> variables, it
> > stores only a subset in r(varlist).
> >
> > Does anyone know why that happens?
> >
> > Thanks for any hint,
> >
> > daniel
> >
> >
> >
> > #### from my do-file
> >
> > describe, simple;
> > display r(varlist);
> > local AlleVariablen = r(varlist);
> > display "Im local AlleVariablen steht: " "`AlleVariablen'";
> >
> > foreach x of local AlleVariablen {;
> > codebook `x',compact;
> > tabulate `x';
> > };
> >
> >
> > #### stata-output from the log
> > > describe, simple;
> > res_id B6 B15 B24 C5_1
> > E4_sonst F5_konkret
> > start B7 B16 B25 C5_2
> > E5 F6
> > ende - B8 B16_andere B26 C5_3
> > E6 F6_konkret
> > A1 B9_1 B17 C1 D1
> > E7 F7
> > A2 B9_2 B17_sonst C2 D1_andere
> > E8 F7_konkret
> > A2_sonst B10 B18 C3_1 D2
> > E9 G1
> > A3 B10_konkret B18_sonst C3_2 D3
> > E10 G2
> > A4 B11 B19 C3_3 D4
> > E10_andere G3
> > B1 B11_sonst B20 C3_4 E1
> > E11 A1_erstf
> > B2 B12 B20_konkret C4_1 E1_sonst
> > F1 A1_zweitf
> > B3 B12_sonst B21 C4_2 E2 F2
> > B4 B13 B21_sonst C4_3 E2_konkret F3
> > B5 B13_mehr B22 C4_4 E3 F4
> > B5_sonst B14 B23 C4_5 E4 F5
> >
> > display r(varlist);
> > res_id start ende A1 A2 A2_sonst A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5
> B5_sonst B6 B7
> > B8 B9_1 B9_2 B10 B10_konkret B11 B11_son
> > > st B12 B12_sonst B13 B13_mehr B14 B15 B16 B16_andere B17
> > B17_sonst
> > B18 B18_sonst B19 B20 B20_konkret B21 B2
> > > 1_sonst B22 B23 B24 B25 B26
> >
> > #### the variables C1 ... D1 ... etc are missing in r(varlist)
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