RE: st: How can I label a variable with a combination of two value labels

["Gupta, Ani" <agupta@compasslexecon.com>]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the response. Yes, I should have referred to them as lbl_c and lbl_p throughout.

I tried using your suggested method, as below:

forvalues i = 1/20 {
	forvalues j = 1/2 {
		label variable var`i'_`j' "`: label lbl_c `j'' `: label lbl_p `i''"
	}
}

But it didn't work. The problem, I think, is that both sets of labels include multiple words separated by spaces.

Thanks again,

Ani

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of daniel klein
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 4:01 PM
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: st: How can I label a variable with a combination of two value labels

First, in your code you keep referring to <lbl>, where you should refer to either <lbl_c> or <lbl_p>. However, these migth be typos and it is unlikely they cause the "invalid syntax" errors.

Anyway, if your labels do not contain [compound (double)] quotes, a simple

forv j = 1/2 {
	forv k = 1/20 {
		la var var`j'_`k' "`: label lbl_c `j'' `: label lbl_p `k''"
	}
}

should do the trick.

If this does not work, I guess  we need more information on what your labels look like.

Best
Daniel

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I have two value labels lbl_c and lbl_p that take 2 and 20 values respectively

I also have 40 variables of the type var`i'_`j' where i = 1/2 and `j' = 1/20

I want to label each variable var`i'_`j' with a combination of lbl_c `i' and lbl_p `j'

For a single label I would use -- label variable var`i' "`:  label lbl `i' '"

I tried various combinations of quotes of the form -- label variable var`i'_`j'  "`"`:  label lbl `i' '" "`:  label lbl `j' '"'", but I always get a syntax error message.

Does anyone know the correct combination of quotes that would make this work?
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