Steve,
I don't know about -icd9 gen-, but I can define and apply labels in
Stata10 without any problems. I tried your example, and it works here.
Are you sure you didn't make a typo? Like -label dfine dxgroup 14
"Fractures", add- for example? This would trigger the invalid syntax
error that you got.
The example that I tried is listed below.
Eva
****
clear
set obs 25
gen x = _n
label define dxgroup 1 "Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions"
forvalues i = 2/12 {
label define dxgroup `i' "Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions", add
}
forvalues i = 13/25 {
label define dxgroup `i' "Injury and poisoning", add
}
label values x dxgroup
label list dxgroup
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2008/5/28 Pitts, Stephen R. (CDC/CCHIS/NCHS) (CTR) <[email protected]>:
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I'm using Stata v 10 on Windows XP Pro, trying to assign labels to about
> 25 groups of diagnostic code ranges, created using the -icd9 gen-
> command in Stata. It works just fine, until I've assigned the first 13
> groups, then I suddenly get the following error. I also get a syntax
> error if I make dxgroup 14 the first label assigned, after removing the
> ", add".
> ____________________
>
> . label define dxgroup 12 "Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions",
> add
>
> . label define dxgroup 13 "Injury and poisoning", add
>
> . label define dxgroup 14 "Fractures", add
> invalid syntax
> r(198);
> __________________
>
> Does anybody know what I've run into here?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Pitts
>
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