Dear all,
is there a way to generate an exact copy of a variable? By "exact copy", I mean a variable with the same storage type, display format and value label. (I can't use -rename- for my problem). I am using Stata/SE 10.1, Windows XP.
Below is an example of the problem I ran into.
Many thanks,
Philipp
. gen test_id= id
. compare test_id id
---------- difference ----------
count minimum average maximum
------------------------------------------------------------------------
test_id<id 543121 -121 -4.120179 -1
test_id=id 79808
test_id>id 157474 1 19.96243 127
----------
jointly defined 780403 -121 1.160693 127
----------
total 780403
. d test_id id
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
test_id float %9.0g
id double %10.0g personal id
. gen double test2_id= id
. compare test2_id id
---------- difference ----------
count minimum average maximum
------------------------------------------------------------------------
test2_id=id 780403
----------
jointly defined 780403 0 0 0
----------
total 780403
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