You could try using the -keep- command with wild-cards...
keep *_01
..should do the trick. See -man keep- and section 11.2.3
Variable-name abbreviation in the Stata Users Manual.
Neil
On 3/29/07, Gauri Khanna <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear
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Senda List,
I have a large housheold survey dataset which includes the variables listed
below. I would like to drop variables with _02 to _46 and only keep the _01
ones. How can I do this?
Variables:
hvidx_01 to _46 (i.e. hvidx_01, hvidx_02 ... hvidx_46)
hv101_01 to 46
hv102_01 to _46
hv103_01 to _46
hv104_01 to _46
hv105_01 to _46
hv106_01 to _46
hv107_01 to _46
hv108_01 to _46
hv109_01 to _46
hv110_01 to _46
hv115_01 to _46
hv116_01 to _46
hv117_01 to _46
Just for your information, variables with "_01" refers to information for
the household's head which is what I am interested in. The others "_02...
_04" refer to other members of the household.
Thank you for your help.
Gauri
Dept. of Economics
Graduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI)
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