No. This is definitely not a solution. It
will look for a _local_ with name
$X`p'
Quite apart from other details, Nishant's
code calls for a global here.
Nick
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Vimalanand S. Prabhu
> Try changing to `$X`p''
Nishant Dass
> > 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'.)
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