Indeed, saved but not one but two Nicks. Puns apart, your suggestions worked as I hoped they would. The code after the open brace was probably the culprit along with "a little knowledge" (the kind that is a dangerous thing). Many thanks to you both. Data dredging here I come.
Sincerely,
Jonas Dahlqvist
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>>> [email protected] 2004-12-02 15:51:36 >>>
I believe that there were conditions under hwich Stata 7 would crash, when
there was code following on the same line after an open brace ( "{"
). THis is why, I think, Stata 8 does not allow that usage.
So you might try something like this:
foreach nvar of varlist var1 var2 var3 var4 {
foreach X of varlist var5 var6 {
quietly tab `nvar' `X', all
if r(p)<0.05 {
display "Significant at the 5% level: `nvar' `X' p=" r(p) " / "
r(p_lr)
}
}
}
--Nick Winter
At 03:27 PM 12/2/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Using Stata 7
>I am trying to run two loops of varlists simultataneously. Dual "foreach"
>crashed the program (that was a first!) so I settled for a "for" loop
>within a "foreach" loop. My ignoble little interactive program looks like this:
>
>foreach nvar of varlist var1 var2 var3 var4 {for X in var var5 var6:
>quietly tab `nvar' X, all\
>if r(p)<0.05 {display "Significant at the 5% level: `nvar' `X' p=" r(p) "
>/ " r(p_lr)}}
>
>This program is admittedly a crude stab at data exploration, directly from
>the Boys own book of statistical horrors. Nevertheless, my problem is that
>I cannot get the variable from the "for" loop to print out properly. What
>I want Stata to do is to print the name of row and column variables from a
>simple crosstab along with the associated chi-square probabilities if the
>the p-values are under some specified level. Such as:
>
>"Significant at the 5% level: var1 var4 p=0.047 / 0.049"
>
>As it stands, I cannot get the name of the variable used in the "for" loop
>to print.
>
>Is there a more elegant way of doing this (that works)?
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Jonas Dahlqvist
>J�nk�ping International Business School
>Sweden
>
>
>
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