Re: st: Looping through a range of variables

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

why not:

foreach var of varlist Var1-New7 {

Rich

Rachel wrote:

> I'd like to loop through a large number of variables that don't have
> common prefixes or suffixes.   So I'd like to create a loop that goes
> through all variables in a range (e.g. Var1-New7 where the variables
> are Var1 Var2 New3 New7.).
>
> "Foreach" requires a list, not a range, so that doesn't work.  And
> ForValues obviously only accepts numbers.
>
> Is there a way of doing this?
>
> Thanks,
> Rachel

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