I think it is hard to find a Stata command resembles that of length in R.
Generally speaking, it gets the length of vectors (including lists)
and factors, but the exact meaning of length in R depends on the class
of object.
For a data frame (which is similar with a dataset in Stata), it is the
number of variables.
2009/8/26 Cohen, Elan <[email protected]>:
> Could you please be more specific? There is no concept of 'length' in Stata since all the variables belong to one dataset. Just guessing, but something like -count if mi(x)- might be helpful.
>
> If you'd like to subset, take a look at -drop- and -keep-.
>
> - Elan
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Peter
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:13 PM
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>> Subject: st: Stata and R
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>> Dear Statalister,
>>
>> Please, I am new to Stata, I am trying to replicate some R commands in
>> Stata. I will like to know the equivalent of length and subset in Stata.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Frank
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