Yes, Clive,
but it is that one case when it should not work like it works. It should
[IMHO]
1) abort with an error "varlist not allowed", or
2) load only variable foreign from the dataset, not the whole dataset.
Current beahvior is not consistent with how other commands behave. Not
a big deal though,
but I was surprised today.
Regards, Sergiy
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Clive Nicholas
<[email protected]> wrote:
Sergiy Radyakin wrote:
does webuse support variable list? It aborts with an error message
when if or in is specified, but proceeds with a variable list. It
loads the complete dataset and not only those variables specified in
the list (in Stata 9.2/10.1). Is this intended for compatibility with
something?
clear
webuse foreign using auto
describe
Works just fine with me:
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. clear
. webuse foreign using auto
(1978 Automobile Data)
. describe
Contains data from http://www.stata-press.com/data/r9/auto.dta
obs: 74 1978 Automobile Data
vars: 12 13 Apr 2005 17:45
size: 3,478 (99.9% of memory free) (_dta has notes)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
make str18 %-18s Make and Model
price int %8.0gc Price
mpg int %8.0g Mileage (mpg)
rep78 int %8.0g Repair Record 1978
headroom float %6.1f Headroom (in.)
trunk int %8.0g Trunk space (cu. ft.)
weight int %8.0gc Weight (lbs.)
length int %8.0g Length (in.)
turn int %8.0g Turn Circle (ft.)
displacement int %8.0g Displacement (cu. in.)
gear_ratio float %6.2f Gear Ratio
foreign byte %8.0g origin Car type
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorted by: foreign
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