help elabel unab

Title

elabel unab -- Unabbreviate value label names

Syntax

elabel unab
lmacname : lblnamelist
[ , options ]

Description

elabel unab unabbreviates the value label names in lblnamelist
and places the result in the local macro lmacname. Value label names
may contain the wildcard characters *, ~, and ?.

Options

nomemory treats value label names attached to variables but not yet
defined in memory as existing. The option respects multilingual datasets
(see label language).

current is for use with, and implies, nomemory; the option
treats value label names attached to variables in the current label language
but not yet defined in memory as existing.

elblnamelist allows elblnames in
lblnamelist.

abbrevok allows abbreviated value label names in lblnamelist.

Examples

Load example dataset

. sysuse nlsw88

Unabbreviate some value label names

. elabel unab lblnamelist : *r*

`"display "`lblnamelist'"':. display "`lblnamelist'"

Author

Daniel Klein

University of Kassel

klein.daniel.81@gmail.com

Also see

Online: label, label language

if installed: elabel