since you set the delimiter to ";" you have to put one
after the opening "{". as you can see in the log file
stata thinks the line end is after replace.
On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 [email protected] wrote:
> I am getting an error on the following code:
>
> #delimit ;
> forvalues Y = 84 86 {
> log using make`Y'.log,text replace;
> global yr `Y';
> do read`Y';
> do lbl`Y';
> do common;
> gen index=_n;
> label var index "Record number";
> gen int panelyr=1900 + `Y';
> replace panelyr=2000 + `Y' if `Y'<=3;
> label var panelyr "SIPP Survey Year";
> compress;
> aorder;
> order panelyr wave index;
> save sipp`Y'.dta,replace;
> do month;
> save sipp`Y'm.dta,replace;
> log close;
> };
>
>
> Stata log ...
>
> . forvalues Y = 84 86 {
> > log using make`Y'.log,text replace;
> 2. global yr `Y';
> 3. do read`Y';
> 4. do lbl`Y';
> 5. do common;
> 6. gen index=_n;
> 7. label var index "Record number";
> 8. gen int panelyr=1900 + `Y';
> 9. replace panelyr=2000 + `Y' if `Y'<=3;
> 10. label var panelyr "SIPP Survey Year";
> 11. compress;
> 12. aorder;
> 13. order panelyr wave index;
> 14. save sipp`Y'.dta,replace;
> 15. do month;
> 16. save sipp`Y'm.dta,replace;
> 17. log close;
> 18. };
> invalid syntax
> r(198);
>
> end of do-file
> r(198);
>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --Alex Cavallo
> Lexecon
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