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Title

    preparation -- module which allows an one-by-one observation of varlist
    to make it easier to control data and labels or just to have a closer
    look at it.


Syntax

    preparation [varlist] [, numlabels strings nomiss limit(numlist)]


Description

    Preparation loops through all variables in the varlist and displays a
        table of contents of each of those variable. Since display of the
        output breaks after each variable this script makes it easier to
        control data and labels of the dataset or just to take a closer look
        at data. The ado also automatically leaves out string variables and
        displays missing values. Both options can be switched on and off of
        course. Furthermore it allows to leave out variables which consist of
        more than a user defined number of rows.


Options

    numlabels temporarily adds numlabels to the output of each of the
        variables.
    strings By default string variables become omitted. By choosing the
        strings option string variables will be included again.
    nomiss By default missing values are display. Choosing this option will
        hide them.
    limit(numlist) Do not want lengthy variables? Add a numlist with the
        limit options and only variables with a lower equal number of rows
        will be displayed.


Acknowledgement

    The page clearing part of the ado is based on Nick J. Cox code on
        Statalist.


Author

    Johannes N. Blumenberg
    University of Mainz (Germany)
    Department of Political Science
    Methods of Empirical Political Science
    blumenberg@politik.uni-mainz.de