Re: [Gretl-users] how to extract observation label from a string table archive

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, Leandro Zipitria wrote: > I have a simple question. I have some database wich observations are names. > When Gretl opens the database, it change the names to numers, and generate a > string archive. > > Now I want that each time I run a regresion, or restrict the sample, to get > the original name for the observations. > > I think I should tell Gretl where the string archive is, but I do not know > how to do it. > > Could someone tell me how to extract the string from an archive? Gretl does not support series with string values. You have to refer to values by the numerical codes that gretl writes into the "string table" that it prints for you. This table is purely for the user's benefit; gretl itself cannot do anything with it. Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users