Here's one solution, quite likely not the cleanest/shortest, but
functional:
forvalues n = 1/10 {
local np1 = `n' + 1
local globalname "X`np1'"
reg y`n' $X`globalname'
}
HTH
Alex
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nishant Dass
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:55 AM
To: STATA Help
Subject: st: local variable within a global macro?
Dear list-members,
I have a small (or so it seems) problem with a loop (shown
below).
I start by generating a few global macros:
global X2 "age2 weight2 height2"
global X3 "age3 weight3 height3"
...
global X11 "age11 weight11 height11"
Then I try to run the following set of regressions using a
loop:
forvalues n = 1/10 {
local p = `n' + 1
reg y`n' $X`p'
}
However, this isn't executed due to an error that says "2
invalid name" (i.e., it's referring to some problem in the
way I have used `p' in $X`p'.)
Could anyone please tell me what would be the correct way
to do this?
Thank you very much for your help.
Nishant
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