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Re: st: Fwd: how to use the label of oldvar to name newvar
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Fwd: how to use the label of oldvar to name newvar
Date
Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:42:18 +0100
Alternatively, you may just be missing out on -egen, group()- with the
-label()- option.
Nick
[email protected]
On 14 April 2013 14:34, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> When you say "the label" are you referring to value labels or variable labels?
>
> Can you give an equivalent example with a dataset we can all access e.g.
>
> sysuse auto
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 14 April 2013 14:29, anne broe <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> I am encoding a string var atc to a numeric var n_atc to enable the
>> use of forvalues.
>> In each loop i generate a newvar called atc_`xx' if atc== `xx' and
>> collapse (sum) of this variable.
>> My problem however that instead of atc_`xx' I would like the variable
>> to be named after the original string var atc which equals the label
>> of n_atc.
>>
>> Is there anyway you can use the `xx' to identify to variable and then
>> name it after the label?
>>
>> Hope someone can help me
>> Thanks
>> Anne
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