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| From | Lucas Salas <lucassalas@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re:st: Figuring out if variables that were read in are strings or not |
| Date | Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:34:53 +0100 |
Hi, I just will offer the simplest option. Have you tried to describe your varlist. After describe (or d ) you will have your list of variables storage type. str# for strings. Another option is just to look the codebook. These commands function as well with specific variables. KR, -- Lucas * * 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/