Re: st: AW: label define

[Miranda Kim <mk@mrc.soton.ac.uk>]

Yes that's very handy, thank you!

Martin Weiss wrote:
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> ALso, if you often get stuck with such problems, NJC`S -ssc d labutil- could
> be for you...
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> HTH
> Martin
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> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Miranda Kim
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. November 2009 12:24
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: st: label define
>
> A basic question...
> How can I create a new label set for the values of a variable, by 
> modifying an old one?
> For example if I have:
> label define agegrp 1 "17-24" 2 "25-34" 3 "35-44" 4 "45-54" 5 "55-63"
>
> and I want to create a new label set with a different name, say agegrp2 
> that has the following values:
> 1 "17-24" 2 "25-34" 3 "35-44" 4 ">=45"
>
> Can I use the label set agegrp with the option modify, to create a new 
> label set rather than just overwriting the agegrp label?
>
> Many thanks for your help!
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