Re: st: forvalues and _N

[Fred Wolfe <fwolfe@arthritis-research.org>]

This will work:

forval e = 1/`=_N'

Fred Wolfe

At 01:45 PM 9/2/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> I have a problem using a forval loop to assign values to a numeric variable
> (for brevity, assume that -encode- doesn't work here).  I want to loop
> through the entire dataset, addressing each value in turn, so
>
> .forval e = 1/_N
>
> would appear to be the appropriate form.  I get an "invalid syntax" error
> when I do so.
>
> .di _N
>
> gives me the expected result for this dataset, 2339.
>
> .forval e = 1/2339
>
> works as expected.
> How am I screwing this up?
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Fred Wolfe (fwolfe@arthritis-research.org)
National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
Arthritis Research Center Foundation
Wichita, KS USA
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