Christian,
. set varabbrev off
Friedrich
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Christian Gregory
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a *.do file in which I execute two loops, one inside the other.
>
> -----Example begins------
>
> forvalues i = 1/3 {
> g h`i' =0 ....
> local n = _N ....
> forvalues j = 1/`n'{
> .....
> replace h`i' = expression if id==`j'
> }
> }
>
> -----Example Ends----------
>
> The first time through the inner loop (i = 1), it works fine. And it is also fine for the first iteration of the second time through (i =2 j = 1). After that, I get an error message: r110 h Ambiguous Abbreviation.
>
> I could write the loops as an ado file and bootstrap, but I'm wondering why I get this error and if there is a way to work around it in the program's present form.
>
> Thanks,
> Christian
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