Re: st: Dropping Subset of Variables

["Sergiy Radyakin" <Radyakin@aoek.uni-hannover.de>]

use NFHS98_school
drop hvidx_02-hvidx_46
forvalues x= 101/117 {
 drop hv`x'_02-hv`x'_46
}

Sergiy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: st: Dropping Subset of Variables



> The forvalues command is specified incorrectly.  You will also want to 
> change the max value to 46 and have the loop start at 2, not 1
>
> forvalues x= 2/46 {
>  drop hvidx_0`x'
> }
>
> You will also want to have more drop lines to list the other variable 
> stubs you want dropped. but only you know the full pattern of variable 
> names that you want to be dropped...
>
> Michael Blasnik
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gauri Khanna" <gwkhanna@hotmail.com>
> To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: st: Dropping Subset of Variables
>
>
>
> > Dear Neil,
> >
> > I tried out the command but I get an error of invalid syntax
> >
> >
> > forval x in 1/6{
> >  2.        drop hvidx_0`x'
> >  3. }
> > invalid syntax
> > r(198);
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