If you just want the extremes, -summarize, meanonly- is more efficient.
r(min) and r(max) are accessible in the same way.
This illustrates a few things you can do:
* Statalist 2 May 2008
program labelrange
version 8
syntax varname(numeric) [if] [in]
marksample touse
qui count if `touse'
if r(N) == 0 error 2000
su `varlist' if `touse', meanonly
di
di as text "min: " as res "`: label (`varlist') `r(min)''"
di as text "max: " as res "`: label (`varlist') `r(max)''"
end
Nick
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Maarten buis
sum origin
di r(min)
di r(max)
Friedrich Huebler
> -labelbook- lists the range of values, as in the example below. How
> can one access this range for subsequent processing?
>
> Friedrich
>
>
> . sysuse auto
> . labelbook origin
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------
> value label origin
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------
>
> values labels
> range: [0,1] string length: [7,8]
> N: 2 unique at full length: yes
> gaps: no unique at length 12: yes
> missing .*: 0 null string: no
> leading/trailing blanks: no
> numeric -> numeric: no
> definition
> 0 Domestic
> 1 Foreign
>
> variables: foreign
>
> numeric -> numeric: no
> definition
> 0 Domestic
> 1 Foreign
>
> variables: foreign
> *
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