Libby,
here are two ways to do it.
1.
qui ds *
foreach x of varlist `=r(varlist)' {
capture confirm string variable `x'
if !_rc {
do string things
}
else {
do numeric things
}
}
2.
qui ds *, has(type string)
foreach x of varlist `=r(varlist)' {
do string things
}
qui ds *, has(type numeric)
foreach x of varlist `=r(varlist)' {
do numeric things
}
Eva
2008/3/25, Libby Hemphill <[email protected]>:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if there's a way to loop through all my variables and
> perform some action only on those that are numeric. Is there a way to
> check for the type of the variable before doing something? Like
>
> for each variable
> if string, next
> else do X
> end for
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Libby Hemphill
> Doctoral Candidate
> School of Information
> University of Michigan
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