This generated a lively and continuing discussion. This is just to point
out that -search array- points to an FAQ by William Gould. I suspect
that if he were writing that now he would say less about -while- and
more about -forvalues-.
Nick
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Dan Waldo
I have data in monthly expenditures in variables ing_1 through ing_6,
and survey months in variables mes_1 through mes_6 (these vary from
respondent to respondent). I wish to adjust the monthly expenditures for
inflation, and I have deflation factors in variables def_1 through
def_12.
I am pretty accomplished in SAS, but only a novice in Stata. In SAS I
would say:
array def {12} def_1 - def_12;
array ing {6} ing_1 - ing_6;
array mes {6} mes_1 - mes_6;
do t=1 to 6;
month=mes{t};
ing{t}=ing{t}/def{month};
end;
I have been searching unsuccessfully for the Stata analogue to this; I
am sure it is written somewhere and I am just not using the best search
terms.
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