st: Re: RE: RE: RE: local variables program

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

..
This won't work either.  j is defined as a scalar, not a local macro, so `j' is 
blank.  If you want j to be a scalar, then you just refer to it as if it were a 
variable - unless you have a variable named j, then refer to it as scalar(j). 
Also, why keep defining j inside the loop to the same value?

Michael Blasnik


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steichen, Thomas J." <SteichT@rjrt.com>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 8:53 AM
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: local variables program



> How about this.... (edited lines commented out; some lines reordered)
>
> global maxRMSE=999999999999999999
> sum  avgunitprice if id==5, detail
> global min=r(p5)
> global max=r(p95)
> *forval i= 1 2 100 {
> forval i = 1(2)100 {
>  scalar j = $min + `i' * ($max - $min) / 100
> *  gen belowprice=avgunitprice*(avgunitprice<`j')
>  gen below = avgunitprice < `j'
>  gen belowprice = avgunitprice * below
> *  gen aboveprice=avgunitprice*(avgunitprice>=`j')
>  gen above = avgunitprice >= `j'
>  gen aboveprice = avgunitprice * above
>  qui reg lunit below belowprice above aboveprice if id==5, nocons
>  if e(rmse) < $maxRMSE {
> *    local $maxRMSE=e(rmse)
>    global maxRMSE = e(rmse)
>    reg lunit below belowprice above aboveprice
>  }
> * cap drop below belowprice aboveprice above j
>  cap drop below belowprice aboveprice above
> }
> di $maxRMSE
>
>
> -----------------------------------
> Thomas J. Steichen
> steicht@rjrt.com
> -----------------------------------
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu 
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nachbar, Dirk
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 6:21 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: RE: RE: local variables program
>
> Thanks Maarten
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