This does not work?
-ds *tempsa*, not -
Scott
On 10/9/07, Alex Gamma <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Statasticians
>
> I have a simple problem, but wasn't able to find the solution:
> I want to
>
> a) find all variables whose names do NOT contain a given string (say,
> "tempsa")
> b) have them stored in r(varlist)
>
> Neither -describe-, -lookfor-, nor -ds- seem to be able to do the job. I've
> looked on the web and found Fred Wolfe's -lfsum-, which finds variables
> containing a given string with the possibility to exclude other strings. But
> this command is unable to handle wildcards, so that I cannot list ALL
> variables except for those containing the string "tempsa". (Also it does not
> store its results in r(varlist)).
>
> I hope and assume that some of you will immediately know the solution since
> this must be a frequently encountered problem.
>
> Best regards,
> Alex
>
>
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