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Re: st: does stata create an index that can be used in loops?


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: does stata create an index that can be used in loops?
Date   Thu, 8 Feb 2007 08:02:52 +0000 (GMT)

--- Brent Fulton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would like the following variables to be created:
> var1_county, var2_county, var3_county
> 
> I did the following:
> 
> local a "var1 var2 var3"
> foreach x of local a{
> local b "`b' `x'"
> }
> *the loop above results in the following: local b "var1_zip var2_zip
> var3_zip"

I assume that the line:
local b "`b' `x'"
actually read:
local b "`b' `x'_zip"

> 
> sort county
> foreach x of local b{
> by county: egen `x'_county=total(`x')
> }


I would do this in one loop:
sort county
forvalues i = 1/3 {
    by county: egen var`i'_county = total(var`i'zip)
}


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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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