I guess the issue arises with the loop
foreach x in `eqtvar`ic'' {
local XX = subinword("`Xu'","`x'","",1)
local Xu `XX'
}
You should familiarise yourself with the material
at -help macrolists-.
What you want would seem to be
foreach x of local eqtvar`ic' {
local Xu : list Xu - x
}
The key difference is inside the loop. I've rewritten
the outside purely as a reflection of stylistic preference.
Nick
[email protected]
PM McKee
> I am programming a simultaneous equation model and are
> generating the reduced form equations by constructing the
> union of different sets of variables.
> Since there is a large number of variables involved we are
> exceeding the stata limit on string lengths of 244.
> I have got round the problem by renaming variables using
> shorter names but we wonder is there a more satisfactory alternative?
>
> Below is the code we have used.
>
> * creating the set of Reduced Form variables for each
> structural equation Xu1 etc
> forvalues ir = 1/`nofrowsinA'{
> local notset = 0
> forvalues ic = 1/`nofcolsinA' {
> if structeqt[`ir',`ic']==1 & `notset' == 0{
> * joining sets of variables - first lot
> * eqtvar`ic' is the list of exogenous variables in struct eqt ic
> local Xu " `eqtvar`ic'' "
> local notset = 1
> }
> else if structeqt[`ir',`ic']==1 & `notset' == 1{
> * for each variable in the next lot -
> * if it appears in the first lot blank it out
> foreach x in `eqtvar`ic'' {
> local XX = subinword("`Xu'","`x'","",1)
> local Xu `XX'
> }
> local XX " `Xu' `eqtvar`ic'' "
> local Xu " `XX'"
> }
> }
> local Xu`ir' "`Xu'"
> sum `Xu`ir''
> }
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