Label define Code Block

[Benjamin Vu]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was a quick way to reformat the code blocks I currently have in the American Time Use Survey Do-file.

label define labelteabsrsn -1 "Blank" -2 "Don't Know" -3 "Refused" 1 "On layoff (temporary or indefinite)" 2 "Slack work/business conditions" 3 "Waiting for a new job to begin" 4 "Vacation/personal days" 5 "Own illness/injury/medical problems" 6 "Childcare problems" 7 "Other family/personal obligation" 8 "Maternity/paternity leave" 9 "Labor dispute" 10 "Weather affected job" 11 "School/training" 12 "Civic/military duty" 13 "Does not work in the business" 14 "Other"

label define labelteernhry
-1 "Blank"
-2 "Don't Know"
-3 "Refused"
1 "Paid hourly"
2 "Not paid hourly"

label define labelteernper
-1 "Blank"
-2 "Don't Know"
-3 "Refused"
1 "Hourly"
2 "Weekly"
3 "Bi-weekly"
4 "Twice monthly"
5 "Monthly"
6 "Annually"
7 "Other"

label define labelteernrt
-1 "Blank"
-2 "Don't Know"
-3 "Refused"
1 "Yes"
2 "No"

So the first code block is is what I have fixed by hand in order for the code to run. The second code block is what has NOT been fixed by me yet, and does not run. I was wondering if there was a quick way to run the second code block without me having to fix every code block (there are approximately 1000 more lines that needs to be fixed). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[daniel klein]

Try replace (Ctrl+H), click regular expressions and replace

^$

with

;

Then, add the one line

#delimit ;

at the top of the code blocks and

;
#delimit cr

after the last line that defines an integer to text mapping.

Your code should then look like this:

#delimit ;
label define labelteernhry
-1 "Blank"
-2 "Don't Know"
-3 "Refused"
1 "Paid hourly"
2 "Not paid hourly"
;
more code here
label define labelteernrt
-1 "Blank"
-2 "Don't Know"
-3 "Refused"
1 "Yes"
2 "No"
;
#delimit cr