i'm not sure, but it might be that -forvalues- must be followed by a valid
range and 84 86 is not a valid range. try
foreach Y of numlist 84 86 {;
...
On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 [email protected] wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Adding the ; did not fix the problem.
>
> My log file now looks like this ...
>
> delimiter now ;
> . forvalues Y = 84 86 {;
> 2. log using make`Y'.log, text replace;
> 3. global yr `Y';
> 4. do read`Y';
> 5. do lbl`Y';
> 6. do common;
> 7. gen index=_n;
> 8. label var index "Record number";
> 9. gen int panelyr=1900 + `Y';
> 10. replace panelyr=2000 + `Y' if `Y'<=3;
> 11. label var panelyr "SIPP Survey Year";
> 12. compress;
> 13. aorder;
> 14. order panelyr wave index;
> 15. save sipp`Y'.dta,replace;
> 16. do month;
> 17. save sipp`Y'm.dta,replace;
> 18. log close;
> 19. };
> invalid syntax
> r(198);
>
> end of do-file
> r(198);
>
>
> Regards,
>
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