--- 宋时歌 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can anybody kindly point out why the following code is not working?
>
> forvalues n=1989 1991 1993 1997 2000 {
> replace waglevl_f`n' = . if waglevl_f`n'<0
> replace waglevl_m`n' = . if waglevl_m`n'<0
> }
Shige:
-forvalues- expects a range not a list. If you want to loop over a list
you should use -foreach-. See -help forvalues- and -help foreach- for
more information. Correct code would be:
local varlist waglevl_f1989 waglevl_f1991 waglevl_f1993 /*
*/ waglevl_f1997 waglevl_f2000 waglevl_m1989 /*
*/ waglevl_m1991 waglevl_m1993 waglevl_m1997 /*
*/ waglevl_m2000
foreach var of varlist `varlist' {
replace waglevl_f`n' = . if waglevl_f`n'<0
replace waglevl_m`n' = . if waglevl_m`n'<0
}
HTH,
Maarten
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