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LOOKFORIT: Stata module to search variable names and labels for some string or strings

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  • Dan Blanchette

    (The Carolina Population Center, UNC-CH)

Programming Language

Stata

Abstract

lookforit is an enhancement of the base Stata command lookfor. It searches all variable names and variable labels just as lookfor does. Like lookfor lookforit can search for multiple strings but can only do a simple search, i.e. no &'s, |'s, or enclosing strings in quotes. The ways that lookforit differs from lookfor are as follows: 1) lookforit does a case sensitive search if the user types any upper case characters, otherwise, it performs a case insensitive search, 2) lookforit lists variables alphabetically, 3) the listed variable names are clickable links to the data editor that opens Stata's data editor to that variable column.

Suggested Citation

  • Dan Blanchette, 2003. "LOOKFORIT: Stata module to search variable names and labels for some string or strings," Statistical Software Components S435501, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 02 Aug 2011.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s435501
    Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install lookforit". 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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