Re: [Gretl-users] Value labels
On Fri, 2 Aug 2013, Giuseppe Vittucci wrote:
I noted that the new version of gretl handles the value labels for
string-valued variables when it imports a dataset.
They are shown when I list the variable.
I wonder if there is some way to access/modify/drop these labels.
At present, the feature is experimental and no, there's no built-in way.
The only thing you can do, at the moment, is
* save your dataset in xml form
* open the xml file and look for "valstrings"
* modify the xml file as desired
If you're thinking "this is way too complicated", you're right. Proper
support for string-valued variables is planned, but not a priority, unless
overwhelming popular demand convinces the development team ;)
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Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES)
Università Politecnica delle Marche
(formerly known as Università di Ancona)
r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it
http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti
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