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Stata Metadata

Stata exposes a rich API for querying internal metadata.

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Labels

Variable and value labels are defined using the label command.

label variable foo "yes or no?"
label define yesno 1 "Yes" 0 "No"
label values foo yesno

See here for more options.

Numeric values can be quickly prepended to value labels using the numlabel command.

numlabel foo, add mask("#. ")

display _N    // number of cases
display c(k)  // number of variables

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-Data about data.
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-== Quick Tips ==
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-Stata has a number of interactive tools for examining metadata.
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-di _N    // number of cases
di c(k)  // number of variables
+label variable foo "yes or no?"
label define yesno 1 "Yes" 0 "No"
label values foo yesno
}}}

See [[Stata/Label|here]] for more options.

Numeric values can be  quickly prepended to value labels using the '''`numlabel`''' command.

{{{
numlabel foo, add mask("#. ")
}}}

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== Descriptives ==

{{{
display _N    // number of cases
display c(k)  // number of variables