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sysuse auto, clear
drop mpg for gear
save mynewauto1, replace
sysuse auto, clear
drop mpg
save mynewauto2, replace
d using "C:\Users\ma\Documents\Stata\mynewauto1.dta", varl
local first `r(varlist)'
d using "C:\Users\ma\Documents\Stata\mynewauto2.dta", varl
loc second `r(varlist)'
loc diff: list second - first
loc joint: list second & first
di in red "Differences: `diff'"
di in red "Common: `joint'"
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HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Xu, Haiyong" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 12:42 AM
Subject: st: compare two datasets (variable name only)
Hi,
Is there any way to compare only the variable names in two datasets? What
I want to know is what variables are in common and what variables only
exist in one of the two datasets.
Thanks.
Haiyong
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