Re: st: is something wrong with fvvarlist "i(3 4).role"?

["Michael N. Mitchell" <Michael.Norman.Mitchell@gmail.com>]

Greetings

  The trick is that the -i.- is creating a reference group, so in your example group 3 is 
the reference group. Here are some examples using the -auto- dataset.
. sysuse auto
(1978 Automobile Data)

* group 1 is the reference, groups 2-5 are shown
. summ   i.rep78

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
       rep78 |
          2  |        69     .115942    .3225009          0          1
          3  |        69    .4347826    .4993602          0          1
          4  |        69    .2608696    .4423259          0          1
          5  |        69    .1594203    .3687494          0          1

* group 1 is the reference, groups 2-5 are shown
. summ   i(1/5).rep78

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
       rep78 |
          2  |        69     .115942    .3225009          0          1
          3  |        69    .4347826    .4993602          0          1
          4  |        69    .2608696    .4423259          0          1
          5  |        69    .1594203    .3687494          0          1

* group 1 is the reference, groups 2-4 are shown
. summ   i(1/4).rep78

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
       rep78 |
          2  |        69     .115942    .3225009          0          1
          3  |        69    .4347826    .4993602          0          1
          4  |        69    .2608696    .4423259          0          1

* group 1 is the reference, groups 2-3 are shown
. summ   i(1/3).rep78

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
       rep78 |
          2  |        69     .115942    .3225009          0          1
          3  |        69    .4347826    .4993602          0          1

* group 1 is the reference, group 2 is shown
. summ   i(1/2).rep78

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
     2.rep78 |        69     .115942    .3225009          0          1


I hope that helps.

Michael N. Mitchell
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On 2010-07-12 4.21 PM, László Sándor wrote:
> Hi all,
> I think I have a straightforward question in the subject line.
>
> I use the up-to-date Stata on a mac. The factor variable handling does
> not work as promised in the manual (cf. -h fvvarlist-). See the most
> striking, simple example below. Or am I missing the obvious?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Laszlo
>
>
>
> . sum i(3 4).role
>
>      Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
> -------------+--------------------------------------------------------
>        4.role |       747    .2503347     .433496          0          1
>
> . sum i(3/4).role
>
>      Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
> -------------+--------------------------------------------------------
>        4.role |       747    .2503347     .433496          0          1
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