Ramani Gunatilaka writes (in part):
> global basefactors = "ln_pcy02 chgln_pcy ln_pcy02_sqd age agesq edyrs
> male single divorced widowed ethmin cpmem unempld r_health workhrs
> finassets hhdebt Anhui Chongqing Gansu Guangdong Guangxi Guizhou Hebei
> Henan Hubei Hunan Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaoning Shaanxi Shandong
> Shanxi Sicuan Xinjiang Yunnan Zhejiang" /*independent variables in
> standard equation*/
> global m: word count $basefactors /*number of independent variables*/
>
> - foreach x of local sec{
> - use `fname`x'', clear
> = use c:\CHINA\uricevar02, clear
> - keep happy $basefactors
> = keep happy ln_pcy02 chgln_pcy ln_pcy02_sqd age agesq edyrs male
> single divorced widowed ethmin cpmem
> > unempld r_health workhrs finassets hhdebt Anhui Chongqing
> Gansu Guangdong Guangxi Guizhou Hebei Henan
> > Hubei Hunan Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaoning Shaanxi Sh
> Sh ambiguous abbreviation
> *****************
> Can someone please help? I'd be very grateful.
It stopped where basefactors ends... The last variable it found was "Sh"
because you used the = sign, which limits the # of characters. And "Sh"
is ambiguous.
Do it as
. global basefactors "ln_pcy02 chgln_pcy ..."
and it should work.
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