Hans J. Baumgartner wrote:
> Dear statalist,
>
> within a foreach-loop I would like to add loop-specific routines. I.e.:
>
> foreach x in one two {
> some fancy commands
> if `x’=="one" {
> do this
> }
> if `x’=="two" {
> do that
> }
> some other fancy commands
> }
If you want to check whether `x' contains the _string_ "one", you need to put
quotes around `x':
foreach x in one two {
some fancy commands
if "`x’"== "one" {
do this
}
if "`x’" == "two" {
do that
}
some other fancy commands
}
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