Thanks,
It was just the missing quotation mark as Thomas said.
Terra
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steichen, Thomas
J.
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: -foreach- syntax
It's the missing quote mark at q2y2004.
> I am trying to run a foreach loop but I keep getting an error which is
> puzzling me. My code is below, with the error:
>
> Code:
> foreach x in "q1y1989" "q2y1989" "q3y1989" "q4y1989"
> "q1y1990" "q2y1990"
> "q3y1990" "q4y1990" "q1y1991" "q2y1991" "q3y1991" "q4y1991" "q1y1992"
> "q2y1992" "q3y1992" "q4y1992" "q1y1993" "q2y1993" "q3y1993" "q4y1993"
> "q1y1994" "q2y1994" "q3y1994" "q4y1994" "q1y1995" "q2y1995" "q3y1995"
> "q4y1995" "q1y1996" "q2y1996" "q3y1996" "q4y1996" "q1y1997" "q2y1997"
> "q3y1997" "q4y1997" "q1y1998" "q2y1998" "q3y1999" "q4y1999" "q1y2000"
> "q2y2001" "q3y2001" "q4y2001" "q1y2002" "q2y2002" "q3y2002" "q4y2002"
> "q1y2003" "q2y2003" "q3y2003" "q4y2003" "q1y2004" q2y2004" "q3y2004"
> "q4y2004" "q1y2005" "q2y2005" {
> gen ratio`x'=lc`x'/dol`x'
> }
>
> Error:
> { required
> r(100);
>
> end of do-file
> r(100);
>
> In my do-file the "foreach x in ..." line is all one line.
> And as you can
> see I have included the "{". Can anyone spot the error?
>
> Thanks,
> Terra
>
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
-----------------------------------------
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail message, including any attachment(s),
contains information that may be confidential, protected by the
attorney-client or other legal privileges, and/or proprietary non- public
information. If you are not an intended recipient of this message or an
authorized assistant to an intended recipient, please notify the sender by
replying to this message and then delete it from your system. Use,
dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message and/or any of
its attachments (if any) by unintended recipients is not authorized and may
be unlawful.
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
