Re: st: -foreach-, local macro, -split- command

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

I have read this and responses several times, but am still not
convinced that I get the original layout of the data. So maybe
there's a good reason you can't do this:

 levelsof wais, local(lev)
 local i=1
 foreach l of lev {
   generate str time`i'="`l'"
   local i++
  }

?

hth,
Jeph




David Torres wrote:
> Okay, I would say I'm about to pull out my hair, but since I don't have 
> any I will spare you the cliche.
>
> I have a minor problem working with a local macro created within a loop 
> command (-forv-), which is followed by another loop command 
> (-foreach-).  This is the deal:
>
>
> 1.  I lead with a -levelsof- command, then store the values in a local 
> macro.
> 2.  I call the local macro in a -foreach- command, replacing a 
> previously generated variable with the values therein.
> 3.  My values are actually strings and take up a bit of space within the 
> one variable created for them (Stata only allows up to 244 characters 
> for string variables).  This means that some of the values don't get 
> recorded.
> 4.  The -split- command works wonderfully at creating a different 
> variables for the multiple responses recorded into the single variable 
> filled from my local macro.
>
> My question is this:  Is there some way I can call the values in my 
> local macro and record them into different variables without having to 
> fill the limited space Stata allows in a variable?
>
> I guess this would be a one-to-many split, but without a variable to 
> actually split.  The information for splitting would be stored in 
> another form or something.
>
> If I have 5000 students who have each scored differently on IQ scales at 
> several times over several years and their position in the distribution 
> are stored as strings (mentally retarded, borderline, low normal, etc.), 
> some of the observations will, when called in the -foreach- command, 
> exceed the 244 character limit.
>
> This is sort of what I'm doing:
>
> levelsof wais, local(lev)
> foreach l of lev {
>   replace generatedvar="`l' "...
>  }
>
> split generatedvar
>
> Everything else works fine; I'm just missing those values (strings and 
> portions thereof) in excess of 244 characters.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> David Diego Torres
>
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