Show label value

[Simone Fregior]

Hi all,
I am new to Stata. I am working on a dataset where I have countries that are classified from 1 to 27 and each number is associated with a label (e.g. country 1 is Austria)
I would like to play with data in order to see if there is any interesting result. For this reason I often run cycles like:

foreach X of numlist 1/27 {
display `X'
mean variableIWant if Country == `X'
}

but the problem is that it is displayed the number of the country while I would like to see the associated label in order to avoid wasting time while looking at the results.

I have
1 Austria
2 Country2
3 C3
4 C4
5 C5

I have read all the guides that I found about labels but I have not understand how to display the associated label instead of the numeric value I would like to show "Austria" knowing that X==1
(I got how to set, list, replace label but not how to show them)


If someone knows python I would like to do - more or less - the same that in python is done via dictionaries e.g. countries = {1:'Austria', 2:'C2' etc.}
countries[1] => Austria

I hope I have been clear.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Have a nice time

[Simone Fregior]

double thread I apologize

[Nick Cox]

There are many ways of showing summaries by category in which value labels are shown. Here's one:

 
tab Country, su(VarIwant)

Knowing other languages can obscure the fact that many problems which would involve loops in other languages are soluble directly in Stata.

[Oded Mcdossi]

Dear Simone I think your loop can be substituted by the command tabstat or table like

tabstat varIWant, by(Country)

[Simone Fregior]

Thanks a lot, this was helpful (tabulate & summarize) but do you know if it is possible to get the value of the label? (I am courious and it may be needed in more advanced programs)

[Nick Cox]

Yes; I can show you various techniques here.

. sysuse auto
(1978 Automobile Data)

. label dir
origin

. label list
origin:
0 Domestic
1 Foreign

. ds, has(vallabel)
foreign

. d `r(varlist)'

storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
foreign byte %8.0g origin Car type

. forval i = 0/1 {
2. di "`i' : `: label origin `i''"
3. }
0 : Domestic
1 : Foreign

. forval i = 0/1 {
2. di "`i' : `: label (foreign) `i''"
3. }
0 : Domestic
1 : Foreign

[Marcos Almeida]

@ Simone,

I wonder if "numlabel" command wouldn't apply to your demands.

. numlabel, add

You can also type "help numlabel" and see if that's what you want.

Best,

Marcos

[David Radwin]

Also, see Ben Jann's program fre, available from SSC.

. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)

. fre foreign

foreign -- Car type
----------------------------------------------------------------
                   |      Freq.    Percent      Valid       Cum.
-------------------+--------------------------------------------
Valid   0 Domestic |         52      70.27      70.27      70.27
        1 Foreign  |         22      29.73      29.73     100.00
        Total      |         74     100.00     100.00           
----------------------------------------------------------------

[Simone Fregior]

Thanks a lot. It works for the label of the elements of the variables but what if I need the label of a variable?
For example in the attached image ( http://www.hosting.universalsite.org...F_54D1F85A.png ) I would like to obtain "Human development index, 2011" knowing the variable "hdi"
I know probably it is a simple question but I could not find the answer anywhere

Have a nice time

[Nick Cox]

What does "obtain" mean? You can see what the variable label by using describe.

Please read the FAQ Advice. It specifically advises that photos as attached images are at best awkward and at worst unreadable. We spell out how to show data, etc. in the Advice.

[Simone Fregior]

I have the "hdi" variable which label is "Human development index, 2011"
I would like just to have a command that returns in output "Human development index, 2011"
in particular I'd like to put it in

ytitle("variable label")

[Nick Cox]

Thanks; that makes the question precise.

 
help macro 

help extended fcn 

ytitle("`: var label hdi'")