Hello Satalisters,
I am (some may already know) trying to take a panel dataset and drop
variables (by Country) that don't have enough observations (at least 35
say). I have the following dofile that asks me for another brace and I don't
know why. I've used 3 opening and 3 closing.
>{ required
>r(100);
Q1. Will this dofile achieve my goal?
Q2. Why do I need another brace? and if so where?
I'm a Stata 7 user. Can anyone help?
Joel
Dofile:
foreach Country in Argentina Bangladesh Botswana
Brazil Kenya �Korea, Rep.� Malaysia Indonesia
Ghana �Taiwan, China� Tanzania Zambia {
drop if Country~=`Country'
sort Year
foreach v of var cba2tfina-region{
qui count if !missing(`v')
if r(N)<35{
drop `v'
}
}
outsheet using
"P:\IDPM\DBASES\WBFinStruct\tst1\Splus`Country'X" ,
comma replace
keep RGDPCap
outsheet using
"P:\IDPM\DBASES\WBFinStruct\tst1\Splus`Country'Y" ,
comma replace
use
"P:\IDPM\DBASES\WBFinStruct\tst1\FinStructSoc.dta",
clear
}
Joel Clovis
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