st: Re: Help with - foreach - loop

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

You may need quotes 
if "`x'"=="`a'" {

Michael Blasnik

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doogar, Rajib" <doogar@uiuc.edu>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:23 PM
Subject: st: Help with - foreach - loop



> Dear List,
>
> I am trying to write a 'foreach x of varlist ...' loop in which I want
> to use different data sets depending on which variable in varlist is
> being processed.  When run, the following program correctly outputs
> "Line 1" but fails to load tempa.dta and I cannot figure out why.  Any
> tips will be most helpful.  Thanks.
>
> foreach x of varlist a b c {
>  if `x'==a {
>    use tempa, clear
>            }
>  if `x'!=a {
>    use tempb, clear
>            }
>  qui: do stuff
>  di "Line 1"
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