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RE: st: RE: How to get a list of the names of characters associated with a variable
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"Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
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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
[email protected]
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- ...
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