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Clone a set of value labels under another name

labvalclone
vallblname
newvallblname

Description

labvalclone clones the value labels with name vallblname
as a new set of value labels with name newvallblname.
This might be useful if you want to use almost the same
labels as an existing set, so that you first want a copy of
the labels, which you can then modify.

This command uses file, introduced
into Stata 7 on 8 May 2001, so your Stata must have
been updated after that for this to work.

Examples

. labvalclone oldlabel newlabel

. label def newlabel 5 "5 or more", modify

Author

Nicholas J. Cox, University of Durham, U.K.
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk

Acknowledgements

Roger Harbord suggested this problem. Sergiy Radyakin found a bug.

Also see

Manual: [U] 15.6.3 Value labels, [R] label

On-line: help for label