Number of variables with the same prefix

[Stephen Okiya]

Hi,

I am using Stata 13 and would like to count the number of variables in a dataset that start with the same prefix.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

[Stephen Okiya]

Hi,

I have found a solution. This should work.

local y=0
foreach var of varlist savingpurpose* {
local ++y
}
di "`y'"

Thanks all who have made efforts.

[daniel klein]

Creative solution. Here is another

unab myvars : savingpurpose*
local count : word count `myvars'
display "There are " `count' " variables starting with savingpurpose*"

Best
Daniel

[Stephen Okiya]

Thanks Daniel. Yours too is a great one. Great thanks.