Thorsten wrote:
I'm sure my problem has a real simple solution, but
I am unable to find it - how can I actually *see*
the commands generated by a foreach-loop.
Let's say I have the following:
preserve
sysuse auto, clear
foreach x in "mpg" "price" {
ttest `x', by(foreign)
}
restore
In this case, I would like to see
ttest mpg, by(foreign)
... output ...
ttest price, by(foreign)
... output ...
in my logfile, but I don't. All I see is the output of the T-test.
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- and Maarten gave useful advice.
However, I think that Thorstens problem illustrates a
design problem with the -ttest- output; the names
of the variables involved ought to be included in the
output.
At least some other commands do that, e.g.:
foreach x of varlist mpg price {
tab1 `x'
}
-tab1- does it right. But -tabulate- is not satisfactory,
it only displays the sometimes ambiguous variable label, not
the unambiguous variable name.
foreach x of varlist mpg price {
tabulate `x'
}
This was for the wishlist: Some af Stata's basics are still
unfinished.
Svend
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