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Re: st: Verify that all values of a variable are mapped after -label values-
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Re: st: Verify that all values of a variable are mapped after -label values-
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Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:57:42 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
try the -labelbook- command with the "problem" option
Rich
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>From: Toby Robertson <[email protected]>
>Sent: Jun 20, 2013 3:48 PM
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Subject: st: Verify that all values of a variable are mapped after -label values-
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>What is the easiest way to check whether, having applied a value label to a variable...
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> label values myvar mylabel
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>...every value of myvar in the dataset is mapped to mylabel?
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>I am using Stata 10, creating value labels from lookup files from numeric code variables to string descriptor variables using -labmask- followed by -label save-, and then applying them to the values of the numeric variables in very large datasets.
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>The obvious solution might be to merge the string variable itself from the lookup file into the target file (after which I could check the integrity of the merge, use -labmask-, and drop the string variable again) because I want to avoid that because of file size and read time considerations.
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>Thanks in advance to anyone who knows the answer offhand!
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>Toby
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