thank you very much!
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Nick Cox wrote:
> Chris Rohlfs
>
> > i am running that looks like:
> >
> > foreach S in fa sp ts {
> > if [the macro S] ~="ts" {
> > -- extra commands --
> > }
> > }
> >
> > that is, i'm performing a set of commands once for the "fa"
> > string, once
> > for "sp", and once for "ts". my problem: i can't figure
> > out how to refer
> > to the macro `S' and have stata realize that i'm referring
> > to the macro
> > `S' and not a variable named S or "fa", etc...
> >
> > is there a way to write this so that i can test whether the
> > macro S is
> > equal to a given string fa, sp, or ts ?
> >
>
> foreach S in fa sp ts {
> if "`S'" ~= "ts" {
> -- extra commands --
> }
> }
>
> Also see [P] foreach; Stata Journal 2(2), 202-222 (2002)
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
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