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Re: st: Finding all variables NOT containing a string - SOLVED
Hi Scott,
Yes, it works, and it's what I want. I've simply overlooked this although a
similar example is actually given in the help-file, as I now see.
Thanks a lot!
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Merryman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: st: Finding all variables NOT containing a string
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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University Hospital of Psychiatry
Research Department
Lenggstr. 31
8032 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel: +4144 384 2621
Fax: +4144 384 2446
e-mail: [email protected]
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