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Re: st: keeping variable labels after -collapse-
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daniel klein <[email protected]>
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Re: st: keeping variable labels after -collapse-
Date
Sun, 6 Jan 2013 18:09:21 +0100
I might be overlooking something here, but the question is/was about
_variable_ labels, not _value_ labels. As far as I see, -label save-
just saves and "restores" the latter. -uselabel- may be used, but it
seems more burdensome than the few lines of code Nick suggested.
Best
Daniel
--
The FAQ concerned dates to 2002 (revised 2003): there's a simple
question whether -label save- existed then. (I am away from my old
manuals.)
That said, the macro-based method has some uses. Kit's technique
presupposes that the variables have the same names before and after
-collapse-, and if that's so it solves the problem completely. But
once you start -collapse-ing to new variable names, you will need
something where you have more control.
Nick
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Christopher Baum <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
> Ingenious, but somewhat unncessary, as Stata will do this for you:
>
> label save using whatever.do
> replace...
> do whatever.do
>
> will restore the labels.
>
> Kit
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