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Search variable names and labels for some string or strings (an enhancement of 
> lookfor)

        lookforit string [string [...]]

Description

    lookforit is an enhancement of the base Stata command lookfor.  It
    searches all variable names and variable labels just as lookfor does.
    Like lookfor lookforit can search for multiple strings but can only do a
    simple search, i.e. no &'s, |'s, or enclosing strings in quotes.  The
    ways that lookforit differs are as follows:

    1) lookforit does a case sensitive search if the user types any upper
    case characters, otherwise, it performs a case insensitive search

    . lookforit female

    finds "Female", "FEMALE", "feMale", or even "FemalePatient"

    . lookforit Female

    only finds "Female"

    2) lookforit lists variables alphabetically

    3) The variable names are clickable links to the data editor that opens
    Stata's data editor to that variable column.


Examples

    . lookforit job

    . lookforit employment Salary

    . lookforit inc


Author

    Dan Blanchette
    The Carolina Population Center
    University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, USA
    dan_blanchette@unc.edu

Also see

    Online:  help for lookfor, ds