Martin,
Thanks, the = sign did the trick. (I had tried the `Count' version
which of course works with a local but not scalar - not that I knew
that before reading Maartin Buis reply.)
Tom
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> Use a -local- or just write
>
> forvalues i=1/`=Count'{
> ....
> }
>
> HTH
> Martin
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Jacobs" <[email protected]>
> To: "StataList" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 10:58 PM
> Subject: st: Using a scalar/macro for loop limit in building Sureg equations
>
>
>> I am trying to build a more flexible do file process in working with a
>> varying number of firms for which I wish to estimate seemingly
>> unrelated regressions with sureg. The code I have now is
>>
>> *BEGIN HERE
>> *sureg drop all unnecessary variables
>> keep TradeDateNum CompanyNum LnRt*
>>
>> egen Companies=group(CompanyNum)
>>
>> reshape wide CompanyNum LnRtStock LnRtFiveYrMid, i(TradeDateNum)
>> j(Companies)
>>
>> tsset TradeDateNum
>>
>> forvalues i=1/54{
>> local eqn "`eqn' (LnRtFiveYrMid`i' L(1/2).LnRtFiveYrMid`i'
>> L(0/4).LnRtCDX LnRtCMT LnRtTED L(0/2).LnRtStock`i') "
>> }
>>
>> sureg `eqn',corr
>> *END HERE
>>
>> CompanyNum is a label matched list of companies which will vary with
>> the time line examined so I cannot use CompanyNum as a loop descriptor
>> since it will not be contiguous. Thus I create the Companies variable
>> which is contiguous via the group command. However, I have been
>> unable to figure out how to use either a scalar or local macro with
>> the maximum value of Companies for implementing the loop. Right now I
>> have the current number of firms, 54, hardcoded. For instance I have
>> tried:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Can someone suggest how best to do this? Thanks.
>>
>> Tom
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