Simple question - how to extract the value label for a given variable value?

[Jay Gold]

Hi,

I have a variable Gender. The actual values are 0 or 1. I then gave it the value label genderlab2. You can see 0=Female and 1=Male:

. label list

genderlab2:
           0 Female
           1 Male

As part of a much longer code, I would like to display just "Male" or just "Female". Tried something like this, but clearly it is not right:

. di  "`: value label Gender'==1"
genderlab2==1

Appreciate any guidance! Thanks!

[Joseph Coveney]

. . . I would like to display just "Male" or just "Female".

Do you mean like this?

. quietly sysuse auto

. display in smcl as result "`: label (foreign) 1'"
Foreign

. display in smcl as result "`: label (foreign) 0'"
Domestic

.

help macro

and scroll down to the Macro functions for extracting data attributes section.

[Nick Cox]

Cross-posted at https://www.reddit.com/r/stata/comme...e_value_label/

It is a request here -- see https://www.statalist.org/forums/help#crossposting -- and a rule there on r/stata that you tell people about cross-posting in other places.

[Jay Gold]

My mistake Nick! Thank you for the heads up. I will remove from the other site.

[Ken Chui]

My mistake Nick! Thank you for the heads up. I will remove from the other site.

Just want to make sure you understand that this is not about copyright issues like who gets to host the question. It's about not wasting people's time. If the version on site A has been solved then the site B users will know of that and move on to help the next one.

Deleting the one on Reddit was the next worst thing to do. Now that the thread was gone, not only it's unfair to the users who helped you with the answer over there, but also to other Reddit users who might benefit from reading the Q&A exchange.

[Jay Gold]

Well, now I feel doubly worse... I suppose a Google search will direct other users here...

[Ken Chui]

Well, now I feel doubly worse... I suppose a Google search will direct other users here...

Please don't worry. There is always next time.