Replace value with var name

[Ylenia Curci]

Hello,

I am trying to make my code a bit more compact.

I want to create a variable B as an empty string, and I would like it to be replaced with the THE NAME of variable A if the value of variable A is >0. Is there a way to do it without using labels? I am doing this in a loop for hundreds of "A" variables.

Thank you

[Andrew Musau]

"B" is a single variable, so you will overwrite it several times if you are looping over a number of other variables and doing the replacement. Unless you have several "B" variables. If the latter:

foreach var of varlist ...{
    gen B_`var'= "`var'" if `var'>0
}

Otherwise, present a data example that illustrates your problem.

[Ylenia Curci]

Hi Andrew, thank you for your answer. Yes sure, I have several B variable, sorry I did not specified it.