RE: st: comparing datasets

[Mauro Mastrogiacomo <M.Mastrogiacomo@cpb.nl>]

Hi, one way could be

des, varlist
local myvars=r(varlist)
dis "`myvars'"

if you repeat this also for the second dataset then you can subtract the two macro's and the difference is what you need.
mauro



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Abhimanyu Arora
> Sent: maandag 8 augustus 2011 16:32
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: comparing datasets
> 
> As a follow up, there should be something in the macros in r(), but
> return list gives me a blank stare.
> Abhimanyu
> 
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Abhimanyu Arora
> <abhimanyu.arora1987@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear statalist
> > Hope all's well
> > I have two datasets, one of which has all the variables of the
> second,
> > plus additional variables. I would like to get a list of all these
> > additional variables. There's this obscure command -dta_equal- that I
> > have got hold of, but contrary to what's in the help file, it doesn't
> > display the unique variables belonging to a particular dataset,
> rather
> > seems to be working merely like the -cf-. Any
> alternative/improvement?
> > Many thanks and best regards
> > Abhimanyu Arora
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