Amadou,
Add the option -clear- to the -use- command. If you want to
understand how -foreach- works you can run the lines inside the {}
braces one at a time. Type -use Benin.dta, clear-, -di "I use Benin"-
and so on, when the command contains the macro `i'.
local country "Benin Togo France"
foreach i of local country {
use `i'.dta, clear
di "I use `i'"
g id = _n
codebook id
}
Friedrich Huebler
--- [email protected] wrote:
> I have a list of countries. I put them in a macro.
> When I run the loop, it works fine if I only ask for
> basic tasks such as describe or su.
> But when I try to do a bit more complicated tasks,
> nothing appeared. It proceeds only for the first country.
> And the remaining is blank.
>
> [...]
>
> But when I code:
> local country "Benin Togo France"
> foreach i of local country {
> use `i'.dta
> di "I use `i'"
> g id = _n
> codebook id
> }
>
> It works only for the first country: Benin.
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