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Re: st: label variable: curious response
From
David Kantor <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: label variable: curious response
Date
Thu, 30 May 2013 11:54:49 -0400
Hello,
At 11:38 AM 5/30/2013, Michael McCulloch wrote:
Greetings!
I'm scratching my head over the following error message:
. sysuse nlsw88, clear
. gen wt = int(uniform()*10)
. la var south "Lives in the south"
invalid syntax
r(198);
[...]
Looks like you attempted to enclose the label in quotes, but not the
usual plain-text quotation marks.
Are you using a word-processor, rather than a text editor?
HTH
--David
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