#delim ; prog def vallabload; version 16.0; /* Load a labels-only dataset with no observations or variables after checking that it has no observations and no variables. *!Author: Roger Newson *!Date: 16 September 2019 */ syntax using/ [, noNOTEs replace ]; /* nonotes is ignored. It exists for backwards compatibility. replace specifies that variable labels of the same names as the loaded variable names will be replaced (not just modified). */ * Check that the dataset is a labels-only dataset *; if `"`using'"'!="" {; cap desc using `"`using'"'; if _rc {; disp as error `"File `using' cannot be described as a Stata dataset"'; error 498; }; else if r(k)>0 | r(N)>0 {; disp as error `"File `using' is not a label-only dataset"'; error 498; }; }; * Input labels-only dataset to temporary frame and transfer labels to current frame *; tempname tempframe; frame create `tempframe'; frame `tempframe': append using `"`using'"'; vallabtran, from(`tempframe') `replace'; end;