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| From | "Nick Cox" <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk> |
| To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | RE: st: RE: How to get a list of the names of characters associated with a variable |
| Date | Thu, 4 Mar 2010 22:22:09 -0000 |
I meant at me. Another argument is that -lookfor- and -ds- might benefit from a merger, or that the whole area needs a fresh look. Nick n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk Eric Booth If that's the case, then my vote is that the finger points at Austin to document and post -lookfc- on SSC :) On Mar 4, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Nick Cox wrote: > Who knows? Some might say the finger points elsewhere. Eric Booth > On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Nick Cox wrote: > >> -ds- looks only for names of characteristics. It does not look inside, >> at their contents. That is arguably an omission. > Thanks Nick. > Now that Stata has moved -ds- back to "documented" status, maybe they > will add that functionality to -ds- ... * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/