help labelsof
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Title

labelsof -- Obtain list of labeled values

Syntax

labelsof varname [ , label ]

Description

labelsof displays and returns in r(values) and r(labels) the labeled values of varname. labelsof returns nothing if varname has no value labels assigned.

Options

label causes the specified name to be interpreted as a value label name rather than a variable name and returns the values and labels contained in this set of value label definitions.

Examples

. sysuse auto (1978 Automobile Data) . labelsof foreign foreign (origin): 0 Domestic 1 Foreign . ret list macros: r(name) : "origin" r(values) : "0 1" r(labels) : "`"Domestic"' `"Foreign"'" . label define yesno 1 "yes" 2 "no" .a "no answer" . labelsof yesno, label yesno: 1 yes 2 no .a no answer . ret list macros: r(name) : "yesno" r(values) : "1 2 .a" r(labels) : "`"yes"' `"no"' `"no answer"'"

Author

Ben Jann, ETH Zurich, jann@soz.gess.ethz.ch

Also see

Online: label, labelbook