st: Getting variable names in a matrix

[schmani@gmx.de]

Hey all,

for my analysis I am generating a matrix for each of 385 formation periods that includes the cumulated return of stocks (named return_v2-return_v1399)

I now want to sort this matrix in order to obtain the highest X% of returns to continue my research. However, everytime I sort the matrix, the rownames get lost and I hence do not know which asset achieved which return.

Is it possible to add an additional row that contains the name of the variable to the matrix? I have experimented with "describe, simple", but did just generate errors. 

Here is the generation of the matrices:

forvalues i = 1(1)385 {

	mkmat return_v2-return_v1399  in `i', matrix(formation_`i')
	matrix rownames formation_`i' = return_v2-return_v1399
	}

I want to have a matrix that looks like this:
( 0.2  0.5  0.71 ...)
( v3   v7   v500 ...)   So how can I obtain the variable names?

Best regards,
Daniel
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