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Re: st: R: label variable: curious response
From
Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: R: label variable: curious response
Date
Thu, 30 May 2013 15:45:24 -0400
The problem is not with the code, which is ok if you type it, but with
some program transforming the code somewhere in between you type it
and Stata get's it. Specifically the quotes symbol that you posted is
not the quotes symbol that Stata expects, or in other words it is
char(148) and not char(34).
Word is known to do that, perhaps some email programs are doing it too.
If you copy the code from the statalist posting it should show an error.
If you type the suggested code in Stata it should work, since you are
likely will be pressing the right quotes key instinctively.
Best, Sergiy
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Carlo Lazzaro
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Michael,
> very odd indeed.
> Your code works successfully for me in Stata 12.1.
>
> Best regards,
> Carlo
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Per conto di Michael McCulloch
> Inviato: giovedì 30 maggio 2013 17:39
> A: [email protected]
> Oggetto: st: label variable: curious response
>
> 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);
>
>
> Even though the Help Label instructions show examples of labels containing
> spaces, that error message is not reported if I change the command to:
> . la var south ”Lives”
>
> I'd appreciate any guidance.
>
> Best wishes,
> Michael McCulloch, LAc MPH PhD
>
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