st: RES: RE: RE: tab varname without the varname label

[José Maria Pacheco de Souza <jmpsouza@usp.br>]

Dear Nick:
Thank you very much.
I will try it. 

José maria

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-----Mensagem original-----
De: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Em nome de Nick Cox
Enviada em: quarta-feira, 9 de fevereiro de 2011 10:30
Para: 'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'
Assunto: st: RE: RE: tab varname without the varname label

This could mimic oneway and twoway -tabulate-. I don't think it's a very
attractive idea personally, but the main point is that Stata offers you the
tools to do it yourself. 
Same reservation: very little tested. 

program jmptab 
	version 8.2 
	syntax varlist(min=1 max=2) [if] [in] [fweight aweight iweight] [,
*] 

	qui foreach v of local varlist { 
		tempvar clone 
		clonevar `clone' = `v' 
		label var `clone' "`v'" 
		local clones `clones' `clone' 
	}

	tab `clones' `if' `in' [`weight' `exp'] , `options' 
end

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Cox

I don't think there is such an option, but this is programmable. Just clone
the variable in a temporary variable, strip it of its variable label and
fire up the command. Strictly you need a new variable label that is the
name, but the effect is as you wish. 

Rough demonstration sketch, largely untested: 

program jmptab 
	version 8.2 
	syntax varname [if] [in] [fweight aweight iweight] [, *] 
	tempvar clone 
	clonevar `clone' = `varlist' 
	label var `clone' "`varlist'" 
	tab `clone' `if' `in' [`weight' `exp'] , `options' 
end

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 

José Maria Pacheco de Souza

Is there some option in tab that presents the real name of a variable
instead of the label attached to it? Something alike -tab varname, nolab-
used to present a tabulation not using the values label.

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