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From | Roger Newson <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk> |
To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | st: New version of -chardef- on SSC |
Date | Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:21:11 +0100 |
The -chardef- package is described as below on my website. The new version fixes a bug (caused by a missing -capture:- prefix), which caused the -charundef- module occasionally to fail with a confusing error message. I have also fixed the same bug in the Stata Version 10 version of -chardef-, which users of Stata Version 10 can download by typing, in Stata,
net from http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata10 and selecting and installing -chardef-. Best wishes Roger -- Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil Lecturer in Medical Statistics Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College London Royal Brompton Campus Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building 1B Manresa Road London SW3 6LR UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 3381 Fax: +44 (0)20 7351 8322 Email: r.newson@imperial.ac.uk Web page: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/ Departmental Web page: http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/nhli/respiration/popgenetics/reph/ Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- package chardef from http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE chardef: Assign values to a characteristic of a list of variables DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S) chardef is a mass-production version of the char define command. It assigns a list of values to a named characteristic of a list of variables specified by a varlist. If the varlist is not supplied, then chardef assigns the values to the named characteristic for all variables in the dataset currently in the memory. If the named characteristic is not supplied, then the values are assigned to the characteristic varname, used by the list command. If the list of values is shorter than the varlist, then the list of values is extended on the right with copies of the last value. Optionally, a prefix and/or a suffix may be added to the values. The charundef module resets a list of characteristics to empty strings for a list of variables. Author: Roger Newson Distribution-Date: 21june2011 Stata-Version: 11 INSTALLATION FILES (click here to install) chardef.ado charundef.ado chardef.sthlp charundef.sthlp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (click here to return to the previous screen) * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/