Re: st: Retrieving variable list from describe

[Barth Riley <barthriley@comcast.net>]

Thanks Phil, that did the trick!

Barth



On 6/21/2013 2:27 PM, Phil Schumm wrote:
> On Jun 21, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Barth Riley <barthriley@comcast.net> wrote:
> > i would like to retrieve the list of variables matching a specification used with describe, e.g.:
> >
> > describe item*
> >
> > I know that describe provides an r(varlist) macro, yet I can seem to use or access it. For instance:
> >
> > foreach var in "`r(varlist)'" {
> > ...
> > }
> >
> > does nothing. I have also tried not enclosing `r(vrlist)' in quotes . Does this only work in conjunction with the ds command?
>
> You need the -varlist- option with -describe-.
>
>
> -- Phil
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