Putting same label values to Several Variables with 'foreach' loop.

[pavan pandey]

Greetings, Stata Lovers!


label define outcome 0 "No" 1 "Yes".


I have several variables, e.g., var1 to var25.

I want to attach the same labels (outcome) to all these variables.

Right now, I have to individually label each variable using the following command:

label value var1 outcome.
label value var2 outcome.
label value var3 outcome.
label value var4 outcome.
label value var5 outcome.

and so on....


Is there an easier way of doing it? Maybe using the 'foreach' loops.


Regards

Stata Beginner.

[Andrew Musau]

Details matter here. If the variables are ordered and there are no other variables in between, take the name of the first and last variables and

foreach var of varlist var1-var25{
    label values `var' outcome
}

See

help varlist

If the variables are literally named "var1", "var2", ...,

forval i=1/25{
    label values var`i' outcome
}

Otherwise, specify the full list (pseudo code below)

foreach var in var1 var2 var3 var4 ... var25{
     label values `var' outcome
}

[Andrew Musau]

Actually, the syntax is

Assign value label to variables

label values varlist lblname [, nofix]

So the command allows a variable list. No loop is needed then.

label values var1-var25 outcome

or

label values var* outcome

and so on.