--- Rachel wrote:
> I have a large number of variables] with the same stem "abc10
> abc11 abc12....abc99" I'd like to drop all variables with an abc*
> prefix if any such variables currently exist within the stem.
--- Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> capture unab todrop : abc*
> drop `todrop'
--- Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> How about
>
> . capture drop abc*
Nick's sollution is much nicer.
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room Z434
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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