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help for ^_pecats^ - 1.6.6 - 3/4/00
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Utility to determine names and values of categories of dependent variable
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    ^_pecats^ [varname] [^if^ exp] [^in^ range]

Description
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^_pecats^ returns the names and values of the categories for models with
ordinal, nominal, or binary outcomes. For ^mlogit^ it indicates the value
of the reference category.

NOTE: If no variable name is specified, _pecats will use the dependent
variable retrieved from `e(depvar)' and will restrict the sample according
to e(sample)

Returns
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r(numcats): scalar value containing number of categories of depvar.

r(refval):  scalar value of the reference category for ^mlogit^.

r(refnm):   local macro with name of the reference category for ^mlogit^.

r(catnms):  local macro with names of categories of the dependent variable.
            For ^mlogit^ the reference category is given last.

r(catnms):  local macro with names of categories of the dependent variable.
            For ^mlogit^ the reference category is given last.

r(catnms8): local macro with names of categories of the dependent variable.
            Value labels longer than 8 characters are truncated to 8
            characters so they can be used as matrix row/column names. For
            ^mlogit^ the reference category is given last.

r(catvals): local macro with values of categories of the dependent variable.
            For ^mlogit^ the reference value is given last.

Examples within a program
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    ...
    * `if' is the curret if condition
    _peife `if'
    * the new condition includes "& e(sample)
    local eif "`r(if)'"
    _pecats `e(depvar)' `eif' `in'
    local cnames r(catnms)
    local cvals r(catvals)
    local refval r(refval)

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Authors: J. Scott Long and Jeremy Freese
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         spostsup@@indiana.edu