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Title

    valtovar -- Rename value labels to match variable names


Syntax

    valtovar [varlist] [, display noreport] drop]


Description

    For each variable a new value label becomes generated which matches the
        corresponding variables name.  Whilst this behaviour needs more
        memory, it can sometimes be needed or be helpful for eg. merging data
        sets generated with the help of Stattransfer. It is highly
        recommended to clean up the memory using the drop option.


Options

    display displays changes made to value labels.
    noreport suppresses the ValToVar report.
    drop drops unused labels after using valtovar.


Examples

    Variable foreign got the value label origin. Using valtovar generates a
        new value label set based on origin, names it foreign and assigns it
        to the variable foreign.

    . sysuse auto
    . valtovar foreign, dis
    . valtovar _all, no d


Acknowledgement

    The ado is based on a suggestion by Martin Weiss on Statalist.


Author

    Johannes N. Blumenberg
    Mannheim Centre for European Social Research
    University of Mannheim (Germany)
    johannes.blumenberg@uni-mannheim.de