st: re: Testing for variable type

[Christopher Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

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No need for -ds- or -confirm-. Use the extended macro function (help  
extended_fcn) type:

sysuse auto
loc t1 : type length
loc t2:  type make
di "`t1'  `t2'"

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