help uselab

Title

uselab -- list value labels and variables using them

Syntax

uselab [namelist] [, variables]

where namelist is either a list of value label names, or, if
variables is specified, a varlist

Description

uselab lists value label names and all variables they are attached to.
It provides similar information to uselabel, but without creating a
dataset. If namelist is not specified, all value labels in memory are
listed together with all variables that use them.

Options

variables lists value labels attached to variables in namelist
together with all other variables in the current dataset, that use the
respective value labels.

Example

. sysuse nlsw88 ,clear
(NLSW, 1988 extract)

. uselab

racelbl: race
marlbl: married
gradlbl: collgrad
smsalbl: smsa
indlbl: industry
occlbl: occupation
unionlbl: union

. uselab mar coll ,variables

marlbl: married
gradlbl: collgrad

Saved results

uselab saves the following in r():

Macros

r(lblname) varlist using value label lblname

Acknowledgements

The major part of the code used is from offical Stata's uselabel.

Author

Daniel Klein, University of Bamberg, klein.daniel.81@gmail.com

Also see

Online: uselabel, label