.
Many thanks to Jeph Herrin and Maarten L. Buis.
-clonevar- is doing exactly what I need.
Thanks,
Philipp
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Fri, 15 May 2009 09:42:39 -0400
> Von: Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: st: Generating exact copy of variable
>
> See -help clonevar-
>
>
>
> Philipp Rehm wrote:
> > 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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