Thanks to all who replied to my question -- Marten, Michael and Kit, who
provided nice solutions, and Nick, who pointed to a helpful FAQ (if I
haven't listed somebody, it's because my email server sometimes gets a
little funky). As Kit pointed out, there are several ways to approach
this problem, ranging from the elegant to the more elegant -- not
including my original "hit it with a stick" -- and I am off to the races!
This forum, more than anything else, has shaped my opinion of Stata as
being user-friendly. Thanks to all for creating a very real sense of
community .
Dan
Nick Cox wrote:
> 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
> [email protected]
>
> 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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>
>
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Actuarial Research Corporation
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Columbia, Maryland 21044
410.740.9194 ext 19
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