Copy characteristics --------------------
^charcopy^ fromvar tovar
Description -----------
^charcopy^ copies the characteristics of fromvar to tovar. Any existing characteristics of tovar with names that differ from the names of the characteristics of fromvar will be unchanged.
^charcopy^ would be useful if you created a new variable from an existing variable, and you wished it to have the same characteristics.
Examples --------
. ^charcopy gender sex^
Author ------
Nicholas J. Cox, University of Durham, U.K. n.j.cox@@durham.ac.uk
Acknowledgements ----------------
Ken Higbee pointed out how to do this.
Also see --------
On-line: help for @char@, @chardel@ (if installed) Manual: ^[U] 15.6^, ^[U] 21.3.6^, ^[U] 21.3.11^, ^[R] char^