INVDESC: Stata module to change variable attributes using a describe or descsave resultsset

Roger Newson

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: invdesc inputs a data frame containing descriptive data in a describe or descsave output dataset or resultsset), and (optionally) another (or the same) data frame, containing value labels. It uses information in the variables in the descriptive resultsset to change the attributes of variables in the dataset in the current data frame in memory. These attributes can be variable mode (string or numeric), storage type, format, value label, variable label, or variable characteristics. The descriptive resultsset can be created using describe or descsave, or can be created manually using a spreadsheet (generic or proprietary), and can contain extra variables and/or exclude variables usually present, in which case the corresponding variable attributes are not modified.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 16
Keywords: data management; attributes; describe; descsave (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-04-25, Revised 2020-11-22
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install invdesc". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i/invdesc.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i/invdesc.sthlp help file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/sinvdesc.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/sinvdesc.sthlp help file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/d/descriptive.txt sample file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/v/valuelabels.txt sample file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/x/xauto.txt sample file (text/plain)

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