st: RE: postfile, using variable name not value or label

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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Why not -update- to 10.1, btw? Still:


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sysuse auto, clear             
                               
tempname hdle
postfile `hdle' str15 var mean using info.dta, replace
  
  qui foreach var of varlist rep78 length weight{
  		su `var', mean
 		 post `hdle' ("`var'") (r(mean))
   }
  
  postclose `hdle'
  
u info, clear
l, abbrev(12) noobs sep(0)


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HTH
Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Wright
Sent: Montag, 26. April 2010 19:37
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: postfile, using variable name not value or label

Dear All,

I am using Stata 10.0 and have written the following code.

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foreach j in 1000 750 500 400 300 250 200 150 {
	use "E:\Small Clusters Paper\INIS datasets\INIS.0.04.`j'.dta", clear
	foreach var of varlist b24age_lm_coef-n24delay_2_lm_coef {
		summ `var', det
		post INIS_coef (4) (`j') (`var') (r(mean)) (r(p5)) (r(p95))
	}
}


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However I was wondering how I would be able to -post- the name of the
variable in question rather than the value of the variable?   I have
searched the FAQ and archive but have not found how to post the variable
name and not the label.

Thank you,
Karen 


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