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DESCGEN: Stata module to add Stata dataset attribute variables to a xdir resultsset

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  • Roger Newson

    (King's College London)

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Stata

Abstract

descgen is intended for use in output datasets (or resultssets) produced by the xdir package, which have one observation for each of a list of files, and data on directory names and file names. It inputs the file name variable and (optionally) the directory name variable, and generates a list of new variables, containing, in each observation, Stata dataset attributes describing the Stata dataset stored in the corresponding file. These attributes include numbers of variables and observations and sizes of an observation or of the dataset, and (optionally) lists of variables in the dataset. If the corresponding file is not a Stata dataset, then these dataset attribute variables will have missing values.

Suggested Citation

  • Roger Newson, 2017. "DESCGEN: Stata module to add Stata dataset attribute variables to a xdir resultsset," Statistical Software Components S458313, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 09 May 2020.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s458313
    Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install descgen". 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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