variable labelling

[Zainab Mahmood]

Hi
Can I label variable multiple times with a single command. I have many variables that it requires time to do them one by one. Particularly, I need each varname ended in 3 to be labelled Visit3 varname, any var name ended in 2 to be labbelled as visit2 varname etc

[Mike Lacy]

The following does what I think you want. Because I lacked a good data example on which to test it, there might be mistakes.

// Example data
clear
input x2 y z1 q3
1 1 1 1
end
// Start here
ds
foreach v of varlist `r(varlist)' {
   forval num = 1/3  { // assume 3 possible visit numbers for illustration
      if substr("`v'", -1, 1) == "`num'" {
         label var `v' "Visit`num' `v'"
      }
   }
}
desc // inspect the result