Re: st: New to Looping?

[Jeph Herrin <jherrin@flyingbuttress.net>]

foreach X in 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 {
	gen r_va`X'=clc_va`X'/ppp_food if nace_ind=="da15";
	...
	[etc]
}


Ms. Marilyn Ibarra wrote:
> Sorry, I hit tab and it sent the email without me finishing:
>
> Ok, so I wanted to create the following variable (r_va02) using (clc_va02) for Year 2002.  However, I need to create the following variables  r_va98 through r_va04 in the same fashion as I created r_va02 below.   Is there a way that I can set this up so I do not have to repeat the code below for each new variable.
>
> Thanks,
> Marilyn.
>
>
> gen r_va02 = clc_va02/ppp_food if nace_ind=="da15";
>
> replace r_va02 = clc_va02/ppp_tobacco if nace_ind=="da16";
>
> replace r_va02 = clc_va02/ppp_clothing if nace_ind=="db17" | nace_ind=="db18" | nace_ind=="dc19";
>
> replace r_va02 = clc_va02/ppp_gdp if nace_ind=="dd20" | nace_ind=="de21" | nace_ind=="de22" | nace_ind=="df23" | nace_ind=="dg24" | nace_ind=="dh25" | nace_ind=="di26"| nace_ind=="dj27" | nace_ind=="dj28" | nace_ind=="dm34" | nace_ind=="dm35" | nace_ind=="dn36";
>
> replace r_va02 = clc_va02/ppp_mach_eqp  if nace_ind=="dk29" | nace_ind=="dl30" | nace_ind=="dl31" | nace_ind=="dl32" | nace_ind=="dl33";
>
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