Thanks, Maarten. Both of these are very helpful.
On 8/20/07, Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- 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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