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"Ploutz-Snyder, Robert (JSC-SK)[USRA]" <[email protected]>
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st: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: AW: RE: AW: copydesc with a twist??
Date
Fri, 7 May 2010 13:10:01 -0500
THANK YOU!
I knew those single & double quotes would mess me up. Those things kill me!
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 1:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: RE: AW: RE: AW: copydesc with a twist??
<>
Let me give you the full output:
. clear*
. set obs 1
obs was 0, now 1
.
.
. forv i=1/10{
2. gen byte a`i' =1
3. la var a`i' "abs(x`i')"
4. gen byte x`i'=1
5. la var x`i' "HeadGy"
6. }
.
. d
Contains data
obs: 1
vars: 20
size: 28 (99.9% of memory free)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
a1 byte %8.0g abs(x1)
x1 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a2 byte %8.0g abs(x2)
x2 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a3 byte %8.0g abs(x3)
x3 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a4 byte %8.0g abs(x4)
x4 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a5 byte %8.0g abs(x5)
x5 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a6 byte %8.0g abs(x6)
x6 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a7 byte %8.0g abs(x7)
x7 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a8 byte %8.0g abs(x8)
x8 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a9 byte %8.0g abs(x9)
x9 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a10 byte %8.0g abs(x10)
x10 byte %8.0g HeadGy
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
Sorted by:
Note: dataset has changed since last saved
.
. //transfer
. forv i=1/10{
2. la var a`i' "`=subinstr("`:var la a`i''", "x`i'","`:var la
x`i''",.)'"
3. }
.
. d
Contains data
obs: 1
vars: 20
size: 28 (99.9% of memory free)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
a1 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x1 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a2 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x2 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a3 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x3 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a4 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x4 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a5 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x5 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a6 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x6 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a7 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x7 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a8 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x8 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a9 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x9 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a10 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x10 byte %8.0g HeadGy
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
Sorted by:
Note: dataset has changed since last saved
HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ploutz-Snyder,
Robert (JSC-SK)[USRA]
Sent: Freitag, 7. Mai 2010 20:01
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: AW: RE: AW: copydesc with a twist??
Martin,
Is that the result of the second loop? Or the first??
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 12:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: AW: RE: AW: copydesc with a twist??
<>
On
Stata/MP 11.0 for Windows (64-bit x86-64)
Born 20 Apr 2010
I get
. d
Contains data
obs: 1
vars: 20
size: 28 (99.9% of memory free)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
a1 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x1 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a2 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x2 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a3 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x3 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a4 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x4 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a5 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x5 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a6 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x6 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a7 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x7 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a8 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x8 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a9 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x9 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a10 byte %8.0g abs(HeadGy)
x10 byte %8.0g HeadGy
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
Sure all those single quotes transferred correctly? Some email programs kill
them, so you should also try to obtain the code from the archive.
HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ploutz-Snyder,
Robert (JSC-SK)[USRA]
Sent: Freitag, 7. Mai 2010 19:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: AW: RE: AW: copydesc with a twist??
Hm... I tried this and the second loop merely erased the labels on the a`i'
vars. What'd I miss??
clear*
. set obs 1
obs was 0, now 1
. forv i=1/10{
2. gen byte a`i'=1
3. la var a`i' "abs(x`i')"
4. gen byte x`i'=1
5. la var x`i' "HeadGy"
6. }
. d
Contains data
obs: 1
vars: 20
size: 24 (99.9% of memory free)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
a1 byte %8.0g abs(x1)
x1 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a2 byte %8.0g abs(x2)
x2 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a3 byte %8.0g abs(x3)
x3 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a4 byte %8.0g abs(x4)
x4 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a5 byte %8.0g abs(x5)
x5 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a6 byte %8.0g abs(x6)
x6 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a7 byte %8.0g abs(x7)
x7 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a8 byte %8.0g abs(x8)
x8 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a9 byte %8.0g abs(x9)
x9 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a10 byte %8.0g abs(x10)
x10 byte %8.0g HeadGy
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
Sorted by:
Note: dataset has changed since last saved
THEN FOLLOWED BY:
. forv i=1/10 {
2. la var a`i' "`=subinstr("`:var la a`i''", "x`i'","`:var la
x`i''",.)'"
3. }
. d
Contains data
obs: 1
vars: 20
size: 24 (99.9% of memory free)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
a1 byte %8.0g
x1 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a2 byte %8.0g
x2 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a3 byte %8.0g
x3 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a4 byte %8.0g
x4 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a5 byte %8.0g
x5 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a6 byte %8.0g
x6 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a7 byte %8.0g
x7 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a8 byte %8.0g
x8 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a9 byte %8.0g
x9 byte %8.0g HeadGy
a10 byte %8.0g
x10 byte %8.0g HeadGy
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
Sorted by:
Note: dataset has changed since last saved
.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 11:38 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: AW: RE: AW: copydesc with a twist??
<>
Very true, and I realized it the moment I hit the "send" button. So go ahead
and do this manually:
*************
clear*
set obs 1
forv i=1/10{
gen byte a`i' =1
la var a`i' "abs(x`i')"
gen byte x`i'=1
la var x`i' "HeadGy"
}
d
//transfer
forv i=1/10{
la var a`i' "`=subinstr("`:var la a`i''", "x`i'","`:var la x`i''"
,.)'"
}
d
*************
HTH
Martin
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Ploutz-Snyder,
Robert (JSC-SK)[USRA]
Gesendet: Freitag, 7. Mai 2010 18:30
An: [email protected]
Betreff: st: RE: AW: copydesc with a twist??
Indeed, copydesc is an oldie. But clonevar clones the entire variable,
including the contents. So using clonevar here would copy over the variable
labels "as-is," without the modification that I desire, and it would also
copy over the CONTENTS of the oldvar to the newvar.
I'm just looking to copy the label from a list of oldvars to a list of
newvars, but also want to add some text to those labels.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 11:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: AW: copydesc with a twist??
<>
-ssc d copydesc- looks like old code to me, although it may well serve a
useful purpose, and only got like 35 hits last month. It is # 66 on Nick`s
hit list (-ssc hot, auth(cox) n(66)-), but no discussion related to it has
been recorded in the archive since the end of 2003. That could be because
official -clonevar- can do its job more efficiently. Since Nick is the
author of the official command as well, there might be a connection there...
HTH
Martin
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Ploutz-Snyder,
Robert (JSC-SK)[USRA]
Gesendet: Freitag, 7. Mai 2010 17:37
An: [email protected]
Betreff: st: copydesc with a twist??
I'm looking for a quick way to copy variable labels from a set of variables
(ex. x1-x100) to a set of new variables (ex. a1-a100), but I need a minor
modification of the new labels.
Nicholas' copydesc command comes very close, as I can imbed it in a loop as:
For J in num 1/100: copydesk xJ aJ
But here's the rub. In this case all of the aJ variables are a
transformation of xJ. I'd like the transformation to become part of the
variable label too.
Here are two variables as a specific example:
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
----------------------------------------------------------------
x2 float %8.0g HeadGy
a2 float %9.0g abs(x2)
I would LIKE the label for a2 to be "abs(HeadGy)" not "abs(x2)". I have a
zillion of these, so I don't want to hand-code them all...
Anyone know of an ado already written to do this? Or a way to use
copydesc??
Much appreciated,
Rob
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