So, you should please remember to say that when you ask questions.
Martin's advice to use -label copy- was based on the standard list
default: you are assumed to be using the current version of Stata
unless you specify otherwise.
Nick
[email protected]
Miranda Kim
Thank you Nick,
I'm still using Stata 10, so labutil will come in handy!
Nick Cox wrote:
Otherwise put:
1. See the -help- for -label-.
2. In Stata 11, and indeed previously, -label define- defines or
changes
entirely new or existing sets of value labels, but does not permit
saving under a different name.
3. In Stata 11, but not previously, -label copy- is the way to copy an
existing set of value labels under another name.
4. For Stata 7 to 10, -labvalclone- from -labutil- on SSC is an
alternative to 3.
5. For Stata 6 and below, or indeed otherwise, you can just type in
the
command -label define- for a new group.
Martin Weiss
ALso, if you often get stuck with such problems, NJC`S -ssc d labutil-
could
be for you...
Miranda Kim
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?
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