-labmask- allows you to assign the values -- or optionally, and suitably
for your problem, the corresponding value labels -- of one variable to
be the value labels of another.
-labmask- has been part of -labutil- on SSC for a while:
labutil from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/l
'LABUTIL': modules for managing value and variable labels / labcopy
copies
value labels, or swaps them around. labdel deletes / them. lablog
defines
value labels for values which are base 10 / logarithms containing
the
antilogged values. labcd defines value / labels in which decimal
points
It has just been discussed more formally for its uses in graphics:
SJ-8-2 gr0034 . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata: Between tables and
graphs
(help labmask, seqvar if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . N.
J. Cox
Q2/08 SJ 8(2):269--289
outlines techniques for producing table-like graphs
and it has been given puffs by the good people at UCLA:
FAQ . How to assign the val. of a var. as the val. labels of
another var.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UCLA Academic Technology
Services
5/08 http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/faq/labmask.htm
Example . Code frag.: Hazard ratio of baseline char. by a dichotomous
variable
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UCLA Academic Technology
Services
12/06 http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/code/display_hr.htm
Thus, various -search-es for stuff on labels would have pointed you
towards it.
It is best to install from the Stata Journal website. That way, you get
another utility -seqvar- as part of a 2-for-1 offer. Start with
. net sj 8-2 gr0034
Nick
[email protected]
Andrea Bennett
In my case I have to merge two data sets while both of them contain a
ID variable which is numerical but has label values applied. Now,
there is an error in the coding for one data set resulting in a shift
of 10 in the ID variable, e.g. ID in data set 1 is 781 while ID in
data set 2 is 791. Now, it's easy to change the coding but is there a
way to automatically re-apply the correct label values after having
changed the ID coding?
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