: You can create shortcuts for common tasks, such as replacing specific placeholder values with across multiple columns. Key Feature:
foreach q of local wanted forvalues y = 2010/2020 gen q q'_ y' = (year== y' & quarter== q') gtools macro
: A macro can directly update a vector or dataframe in the parent scope without needing a statement or an explicit assignment like x <- my_func(x) Automate repetitive data cleaning : You can create shortcuts for common tasks,
To use these features, you must first install gtools : you must first install gtools :