Asdoc command does not return value labels in list table

[Victor Ellenbroek]

Hi,

Since some time the asdoc command does not return the value labels of variables with the list command (I believe it used to before).

For example;

sysuse auto, clear

asdoc list make foreign , replace

The output in Stata shows whether a car is "Foreign" or "Domestic":

48. | Pont. Firebird Domestic |
49. | Pont. Grand Prix Domestic |
50. | Pont. Le Mans Domestic |
51. | Pont. Phoenix Domestic |
52. | Pont. Sunbird Domestic |
53. | Audi 5000 Foreign |
54. | Audi Fox Foreign |
55. | BMW 320i Foreign |
56. | Datsun 200 Foreign |


but in the word file they are either a 0 or 1:

Pont. Firebird	0
Pont. Grand Prix	0
Pont. Le Mans	0
Pont. Phoenix	0
Pont. Sunbird	0
Audi 5000	1
Audi Fox	1
BMW 320i	1
Datsun 200	1

Anyone an idea on how asdoc will return value labes again (and not their values)?

Thanks in advance,

Victor

[Salvatore Viola]

Dear Victor,

Thank you for your question. It is a little weird that asdoc doesn't have a simply remedy for this. After looking at the help file, I found that you need to make the table using a decoded version of foreign in this example. This converts the foreign variable into a string which will then be displayed in the table.

sysuse auto, clear

decode foreign, gen(foreign2)

asdoc list make foreign2, replace

I hope this helps to solve your problem.

Best,
Salvatore

[Victor Ellenbroek]

Dear Salvatore,

Thank you so much. The issue is resolved.

Best,

Victor

[Nick Cox]

asdoc is from SSC. It's always a good idea to ping the author Attaullah Shah for his comments on any matter to do with his commands.

[Attaullah Shah]

Salvatore Viola offered an excellent solution. The feature of value labels was recently added to asdocx (the premium version of asdoc), see this page and the following example.

sysuse auto, clear
asdocx list foreign price rep78 mpg trunk weight in 1/10, label