Re: st: RE: lags for xi created vars

[Ed Blackburne <blackburne@shsu.edu>]

Nick,

Thank you, I will look at this.


-Ed
Nick Cox wrote:

> unab myvars : _IstXab* 
> foreach v of local myvars { 
> 	local Myvars "`Myvars' l.`v'" 
> } 
> Nick 
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 
> Ed Blackburne
>
>  
>
> > I have created a set of vars using xi command that has resulted in 
> > _IstXab_1 _IstXab_2, etc.
> >
> > The following reference to the varlist works:
> >
> > regress y _IstXab*
> >
> > However, I cannot use lag or difference operators:
> >
> > regress y l._IstXab*
> >
> > results in error of:
> >
> > _IstXab* ambiguous abbreviation
> >
> >    
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