--- Thomas Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote:
> summ Companies
> scalar Count = r(max)
>
> but I keep getting errors when I try to substitute Count into my
> forvalues statement:
>
> .
> . forvalues i=1/Count{
> 2. local eqn "`eqn' (LnRtFiveYrMid`i'
> L(1/2).LnRtFiveYrMid`i' L(0/4).LnRtCDX LnRtC
> > MT LnRtTED L(0/2).LnRtStock`i') "
> 3. }
> invalid syntax
If you insist on using a scalar in this context you can type:
forvalues i = 1/`=scalar(Count)' {
Easier is to store the count in a local:
summ Companies
local Count = r(max)
forvalues i=1/`Count'{
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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