Variable Folders?

[Michael Fulton]

Hello,

I have over 200 variables in my Stata file now, and would like to organize them with folders. Is this possible in Stata? I want to be able to insert folders in the Variables pane on the right side of the output window.

Thank you

[Nick Cox]

That could be a good feature in some future release -- if I am missing something people will surely tell me -- but as of now the order of variable names and some self-imposed structure to variable names are entirely under your control and for that and other reasons are the obvious tools available.

Also, if you are systematic, as you should be, about variable labels, value labels and so forth that can be used to define groups of variables. Note that

ds

and even more so

findname

from the Stata Journal allow searches.