Identify all String Variables in a Dataset

[Erika Kociolek]

Hi there,

I'd like to identify all string variables in a dataset and put the names of those string variable in a local so I can use them in a forloop. What's a good way of doing this?

Thanks,
Erika

[Nick Cox]

ds, has(type string) 
local strvars "`r(varlist)' 


* or -search findname- and install it from Stata Journal site 

findname, type(string) local(strvars)

[Erika Kociolek]

Thank you for the very quick response, and helpful suggestions.

Best,
Erika