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Omi Akif
Omi Akif

Reputation: 21

How to count rows and columns of a .dta file in Stata?

I want to know how to calculate in Stata the total number of columns and rows in a .dta or dataset.

For example, in R language, I know there are two commands "nrow" and "ncol", which returns the number of columns and rows in a dataset. The "dim" command gives the dimensions of the table.

Can anyone please help me what command I should use?

Edit 1: There is a command to count the number of observations (rows), i.e. count. I guess there might be a command to give me number of variables (columns).

Edit 2: I am terribly sorry for causing such ruckus over something simple. I found the command finally. It was basically a function di c(k) that returns the row numbers. My apologies.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 8465

Answers (1)

Nick Cox
Nick Cox

Reputation: 37233

A plain

describe

gives this information. See also the results of

creturn list

The number of observations is also accessible as _N.

Upvotes: 2

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