help elabel remove

Title

elabel remove -- Remove value labels from variables and memory

Syntax

elabel remove
elblnamelist
[ , options ]

Description

elabel remove removes value labels, i.e., detaches
value labels from variables and drops value labels from memory.

The command combines elabel values, which detaches value labels
from variables, with elabel drop, which eliminates value labels
from memory.

Value labels are removed from all label languages.

Options

not removes all but the specified value labels.

nomemory treats value label names attached to variables as if they
were defined in memory. The option respects multilingual datasets
(see label language).

Examples

Load example data

. sysuse nlsw88

. describe

. elabel dir

Remove all value labels

. elabel remove _all

. describe

. elabel dir

Author

Daniel Klein

University of Kassel

klein.daniel.81@gmail.com

Also see

Online: label

if installed: elabel