> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans J. Baumgartner [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 10:44 AM
> To: statalist
> Subject: st: 2k problem in forvalues
>
>
> I would like to use -forvalues- to run loops over the years 84-02. It
> works fine from 84-99 but in 2000 I get problems. I have tried to run
> the loop 00-02 separately to avoid the "2k flip". The thing
> is, however
> that -foreach- and forvalues- writes 00 as 0 and 01 as 1.
>
> Any suggestions on this?
> Hans
Hi,
In a related problem, when I needed to refer to things like "xxx01"
through "xxx23", I have done the following:
forvalues i=0/20 {
local j : di %02.0f `i'
di "Item number `i' is xxx`j'"
}
See -help local- on the "local j: ..." line; this macro extended
function assigns the output of the display command -- which formats the
number to have a leading zero -- to the macro j.
You could avoid doing things in two steps with something clever/tricky
like:
forvalues i=84/102 {
local j=mod(`i',100)
local j : di %02.0f `j'
di "year is `j'"
}
Nick Winter
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