Hi Mr. John-Paul Ferguson,
Thanks for your help! It works well. I did exactly as you suggested.
Thanks!
Mandy
John-Paul Ferguson wrote:
>Dear Mandy,
>
>I think that trying to manipulate j within the "if" statement on your
fourth
>line is causing the problem. If you first create another local macro
that's
>equal to that value and include it, the loop should work correctly. See
below:
>
>local j 0802
>forvalue i=1/8 {
> g age`i'=2006-T099`j'
> local k = `j'-1
> replace age`i'=2006-T099`j'-1 if T099`k' > 5
> local j = `j' + 500
>}
>
>I am assuming that the first "T099`j'-1" in the "replace" line is
>supposed to be
>the value of T099`j' minus 1, not the value of T099`k' as defined here.
Adjust
>accordingly.
>
>Best,
>
>John-Paul Ferguson
>MIT
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