st: Re: multiple identical .do files

["R.E. De Hoyos" <redeho@hotmail.com>]

Paul,

Try the following:

Save the do-file with the procedures as, say, paul.do. Open another do-file:

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log using results
local fnames file1 file2 file3 file4 file5 file6 file7 file8 file9 file10 
//the names of your 10 files
foreach n of local fnames {
   clear
   use "C:\data\\`n'.dta"        //or where ever you data is stored
   do "C:\paul.do"        //rute where you saved paul.do
}
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Rafa


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "paul d jacobs" <jacobspauld@yahoo.com>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:44 PM
Subject: st: multiple identical .do files



> Hi Stata users:
>
> My issue (which I could not find an answer to in the
> archives) has to do with a single .do file I would
> like to run on 10 datasets which all have the same
> variable names.  Essentially, I am looking for a macro
> or loop program that could run the .do file on all ten
> datasets without having to update 10 separate .do
> files each time I make changes to the original.
>
> More specifically, right now I have 10 .do files and
> ten datasets.  Each time I change a command, I have to
> resave the file ten times so that it corresponds to
> each dataset, run each file, and then use each .log
> file to find the particular statistics I want.
>
> Thanks very much for your assistance.
> Paul Jacobs
>
>
>
>
>
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