VLGEN: Stata module to generate variables and descriptive labels based on how the variables were generated

James Fiedler ()
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James Fiedler: Universities Space Research Association

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: vlgen is used to generate a variable and a label for this variable detailing how the variable was generated. vlgen uses the Stata command -generate- for creating the variable values. For creating the variable label it uses already existing labels where appropriate. For instance, if variable x1 has label "outcome", and vlgen is used to generate x2 = 1 + x1, then x2 will have the label "1 + outcome". A variable and label can be replaced by invoking the replace option, which instructs vlgen to use the Stata command -replace- instead of -generate-.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8
Keywords: data management; generate; replace; variable labels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-05-21, Revised 2010-05-26
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install vlgen". 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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