Fred
Your codes appear fine to me. I haven't checked the Stata manual. I guess
that -foreach- may not get along well with glabol macro -{}-. To avoid this,
change the lines as follows:
forvalues j = 1 / 2 {
local newnum=${catvar`j'_totline}
forvalues k = 1 / `newnum' {
di "....'"
}
}
Zhiqiang
-----------------------
Zhiqiang Wang
Menzies School of Health Research
Darwin Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Wolfe" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 12:44 PM
Subject: st: forvalues problem
> Can anyone see the problem?
>
> I have global macros
>
> mac list
> catvar1_totline: 2
> catvar2_totline: 9
>
> When I try to use them with the following code I get an error
>
> forvalues j = 1 / 2 {
> forvalues k = 1 / ${catvar`j'_totline} {
> di "`k'. ${catvar`j'vname`k'"
> }
> }
>
> The error is:
>
> - forvalues k = 1 / ${catvar`j'_totline} {
> unrecognized command: catvar1_totline
>
> Leaving the braces off gives "invalid syntax."
>
> . di ${catvar1_totline}
> 2
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Fred
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> ------------------------
> Fred Wolfe Tel
> (316) 263-2125
> National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases Fax (316) 263-0761
> Wichita,
> Kansas [email protected]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> -------------------------
>
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
