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Title

varsearch -- Search variable names and labels

Syntax

varsearch [varlist], find(string) [label]

Description

varsearch searches either variable names or labels for a specified regular expression, displaying all the variables that match and returning the list of those variables in r(varlist).

Options

find(string) specifies the string the search for. The specified string supports the use of regular expressions in the search.

label specifies that variable labels are to be searched. By default, varsearch searches variable names.

Examples: varsearch

. sysuse auto . varsearch, find(Car type) label . varsearch, find(rep[0-9][0-9])

Author

Jeffrey Arnold Payments Studies Function, Federal Reserve Bank of New York jeffrey.arnold@ny.frb.org

Also see

Online: regex, varlist