Ronnie,
try
if "$member" == "jane" {
assert memid == 10201
}
else if "$member" == "john" {
assert memid == 10101
}
Note the double quotes. Without them, the line reads to Stata
- if john == "jane" -
and it complains that it can't find a variable (or scalar) named john.
Eva
2008/3/24, Ronnie Babigumira <[email protected]>:
> Dear Listers,
> I have data with codes for the members who collected the data and I would like to assert that these codes are correct.
>
> Here is what I have done
>
> global member "john" // defined in another do-file
>
> *** do-file that checks member codes *****
> cd c:\temp/$member
>
> input houscode memid
> 1 10101
> 2 10101
> 3 10101
> end
>
> if $member == "jane" {
> assert memid == 10201
> }
> else if $member == "john" {
> assert memid == 10101
> }
> exit
>
> When I run this code, I get an error message -john not found-. What I had hoped is that this code would take the
> information in the $member and them check that the variable memid has the correct code
>
> Am I missing something obvious. Please help
>
> Ronnie
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