help ckvardo 
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Title

    ckvardo - writes characteristics used by ckvar to a do-file.

Syntax

        ckvardo [varlist] using filename [ , stubs(str) replace

Description

    ckvardo is a helper command for the ckvar package which dumps all the
    characteristics used by ckvar to a do-file with default extension of .do.
    It allows users to create characteristics using ckvaredit as a nice front
    end, but then apply the characteristics to other, similar datasets.

Options

    stubs(str) can be used to specify the stub(s) (prefix(es)) of the
        characteristics which should be written to the do-file. If omitted,
        the default value is valid.
        
    replace is used to specify that the do-file overwrite any exiting do-file
        with the same name.

Example(s)

    . ckvardo using mychecker
        saves all characteristics whose names start with valid_ into a
            do-file named mychecker.do. If the file mychecker.do already
            exists, ckvardo will refuse to overwrite it and quit.

    . ckvardo using mychecker, replace stubs(score valid)
        saves all characteristics whose names start with either valid_ or
            score_ into a do-file named mychecker.do. If the file
            mychecker.do already exists, ckvardo will overwrite it with the
            new information.

Notes

    The do-files which ckvardo generates are ready to run, assuming that all
    the variables specified in the do-file exist in the current dataset.

    If you run a do-file generated by ckvardo to attach characteristics, and
    then use ckvaredit to edit the characteristics, you will find that fancy
    formatting such as indentation or continuation will be lost.  This is a
    natural result of running the do-file and cannot be avoided.
        

Also see

    Online: help for ckvar, ckvaredit, dochar

Author

    Bill Rising, StataCorp
    email: brising@stata.com
    web: http://homepage.mac.com/brising