*! lookforit Version 1.2 dan_blanchette@unc.edu 12Jul2011 *! the carolina population center, unc-ch * lookforit Version 1.1 dan_blanchette@unc.edu 05Mar2008 ** Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Duke University's Fuqua School of Business * lookforit Version 1.0 dan_blanchette@unc.edu 19nov2003 * the carolina population center, unc-ch * enhancement of -lookfor2- NJC 3.3.0 19nov2003 program lookforit, rclass version 8 if `"`0'"' == "" { di as err "nothing to look for" exit 198 } local case 0 foreach W of local 0 { if `"`W'"' != lower(`"`W'"') { local case 1 local w = `"`W'"' } else { local w = lower(`"`W'"') } local looklist `"`looklist' `w'"' } local 0 "_all" syntax varlist if `case' == 0 { local lower1 "lower(" local lower2 ")" } local fvarlist local vn=1 foreach v of local varlist { local lbl : variable label `v' local touse 0 foreach w of local looklist { if index(`lower1'`"`v'"'`lower2',`"`w'"') /// | index(`lower1'`"`lbl'"'`lower2',`"`w'"') { local touse 1 continue, break } } if `touse' == 1 { if `vn++' == 1 { local fvarlist "`v'" } else { local fvarlist "`fvarlist' `v'" } } } if missing("`fvarlist'") { di "{res} Nothing found." exit } // now sort fvarlist quietly ds `fvarlist', alpha local fvarlist "`r(varlist)'" local vn=0 local list foreach v of local fvarlist { local list "`list' `v'" local vn=`vn'+1 local v15 = abbrev(`"`v'"',15) local typ : type `v' local form : format `v' local vlab : value label `v' local lab : variable label `v' if `vn'==1 { di _col(15)"{txt}storage display value" di "{txt}variable name type format label variable label" di "{hline 60}" } di `"{stata browse `v':`v'}"' _col(17)`"{txt}`typ'"' _col(24)`"{txt}`form'"' /// _col(36)`"{txt}`vlab'"' _col(47)`"{res}`lab'"' } if "`list'" != "" { di "{txt}{hline 60}" if "`c(console)'" != "console" { di "{res} Click on variable name to open data browser to that variable." } return local varlist `list' } else { di "{res} Nothing found." } end exit