Extracting label for a specific value of a variable

[Akanksha Aggarwal]

Hi

I have a very basic question. I am working on a loop and inside the loop I want to extract the label attached to a particular value of a variable and store it in a local variable so that I can use it in naming of variables.

Sample Code :

 
   
clear
set obs 10
gen var = mod(_n, 3) 
 label define lab 0 "India" 1 "Australia" 2 "Myanmar"   
 label values var lab

In the above case, lets say, I want to extract the name of the country if var = = 2

How can that be done in Stata.

Thanks.

[Ali Atia]

clear
set obs 10
gen var = mod(_n, 3) 
label define lab 0 "India" 1 "Australia" 2 "Myanmar"   
label values var lab
local wanted: label lab 2
display "`wanted'"

[daniel klein]

Also see elabel (SSC).

elabel list (var)
return list

elabel list lab iff # == 2
return list