st: re: long variable value in tab: how to get it all

[Philip Ryan <philip.ryan@adelaide.edu.au>]

Don Spady wrote:

Hello statalisters
I have a variable which is an icd-9 descriptor (e.g. "009 ill-defined
intestinal infections"
I want to do a tab with the descriptor as var1 and something else as var2
e.g. "tab dx2desc chrAll"
When I do this I get tab output but the icd9 descriptor (i.e. dx2desc) is
truncated
so I get "009 ill-defined i" instead of "009 ill-defined intestinal
infection"
Is there any way to get tab to give a more complete (i.e. wider) output of
dx2desc?
Many thanks
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Try -table- rather than -tabulate- and, if necessary, use the -stubwidth()- 
option.

Phil


Philip Ryan
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Department of Public Health
Medical School
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