Stata prefers:
replace `var' = 0 if _n==_N
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of NEYMOTIN,
FLORENCE
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: local variable and indexing into a variable
Hi, I tried typing:
foreach var in x y {
replace `var'[_N]=0
}
then it considers [_N] a "weight" when clearly I want it to just change the last
observation of
both x and y to be zeroes.
alternatively, I tried the inner line as: ( replace `var[_N]'=0 ) and then it
doesn't recognize
var[_N] and thinks that it is an entirely new local reference.
Is there a correct syntax here, or does it look like there is some other sort of
mistake in my
coding ?
thanks,
Florence
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