st: FW: random number sequence within a loop

[Raoul C Reulen <r.c.reulen@bham.ac.uk>]

Dear Stata users,
 
I'm trying to sample controls for a case-controls study. For each case I
would like to sample one control. I use a loop for this, and "set seed"
to a random number. If I wouldn't do this then STATA will produce the
same random number sequence for each case within the loop, and the
control selection wouldn't be random. Therefore I have used:

.local seed = ceil(10000*uniform())
.set seed `seed'
 
to define the seed within the loop (see also below).This should ensure
that everytime stata goes through the loop, a different random number
sequence is generated (i hope this is correct). However, the problem is
that every time I run stata it will give me a different control for each
case. So, I can't reproduce my outcome. Is there any solution for this?
Thanks.
See my loop below:
 
 
 
forvalues i = 1/`case_num'{
     local seed=ceil(10000*uniform())
     set seed `seed'
     gen random=uniform() 
     sort random
     gen list = _n
     replace control`i'=1 if list==`i'
} 
 
Thanks 
 
Raoul

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