--- Ashim Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote:
> I understand the part where I can add notes. How do I recover a note
> and put it in a local macro ?
*----------- begin example -------------
sysuse auto, clear
// display the notes
notes
// access the notes as a local macro
// called `_dta[note1]'
di "`_dta[note1]'"
*------------ end example --------------
-notes- appears to be a front end for -char- (see: -help char-)
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room N515
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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