CHECKFOR2: Stata module to check whether a variable exists or not in a dataset

Amadou Bassirou Diallo () and Jean-Benoit Hardouin ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: checkfor2 is a routine to check for existence of a list of variables within a (usually big) data set. checkfor2 searchs through the data whether the variable exists.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8
Keywords: data; management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-09-18, Revised 2005-09-26
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install checkfor2". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

Downloads: (external link)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/checkfor2.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/checkfor2.hlp help file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i/isvar.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i/isvar.hlp help file (text/plain)

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