Well, it makes little difference, but nevertheless
-forval- is faster, shorter and simpler to set up.
What would it take to persuade you to use it?
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Andreas
> Aschbacher
> Sent: 29 September 2004 15:08
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: RE: counting
>
>
> thank you very much,now i use this and it is working ::
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> local i = 1
> while `i' < 10000 {
> qui count if d0 >= `i' & d0 < `i' + 1
> display"`i'.5" "{col 8}" r(N)
> local i = `i' + 1
> }
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> /with forval the same /
> andreas aschbacher
>
>
>
> You got what you asked for.
> >
> > By default -count- shows its result.
> >
> > -display- with no arguments shows a blank line.
> >
> > Alternatively, suppress the -count- result and do this:
> >
> > forval i = 1/10000 {
> > qui count if d0 == `i'
> > di "`i'.5" "{col 8}" r(N)
> > }
> >
> > -outsheet- isn't going to help with this because you
> > are not putting the results in a variable. A better
> > way to put this in a file is e.g. using -postfile-.
> >
> > Nick
> > [email protected]
> >
> > Andreas Aschbacher
> >
> > > I have d0 as variable-name for one column of my data :
> > > I use the following in a do-file:
> > >
> > > local i = 1
> > > while `i' < 10000 {
> > > count if d0 >= `i' & d0 < `i' + 1
> > > display
> > > local i = `i' + 1
> > > }
> > >
> > > -> and I get in my logfile ->
> > > .....
> > > 22
> > >
> > > 27
> > >
> > > 47
> > >
> > > 67
> > >
> > > 63
> > >
> > > 84
> > >
> > > 116
> > >
> > > 195
> > > .......
> > > -> always with empty lines between !!!
> > > -> but I want to get the following :
> > > 1.5 22
> > > 2.5 27
> > > 3.5 47
> > > 4.5 67
> > > 5.5 63
> > > 6.5 84
> > > 7.5 116
> > > 8.5 195
> > > ..
> > > ..
> > > 9999.5 12
> > > : with no emty lines between and in first column numbers
> > > ascending from 1.5
> > > to 9999.5 with step 1.
> > > please "quick" advice how to bring the two resulting columns
> > > automatically
> > > in excel-Sheet,for example in first and second column.is this
> > > possible ?
> > > I was not successful with outsheet.
> >
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> >
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