st: RE: variable naming problem

[Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

Only decimal points are problematic. Integer digits are allowed in variable names after the first character. The remedy is to use evocative names rather than numbers nevertheless. Only you can decide which names are best for your purpose. 

Why aren't you using -predict-? 

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 

Thomas

after a regression I would like to generate predictions for different 
values of the original variables.

The first loop generate various scaled mean values.

The second and third loop then generate the predictions c* for the 
various scaled means.

The problem is how to name c*. Now the names include numbers which Stata 
does not accept (error: invalid name).

Any ideas how I can get around this?

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foreach var of varlist yU yD{
     sum `var' if e(sample)
     local m`var' = `r(mean)'
     local m25`var' = 0.25*`r(mean)'
     local m50`var' = 0.5*`r(mean)'
     local m75`var' = 0.75*`r(mean)'
     local m2`var' = 2*`r(mean)'
     local m3`var' = 3*`r(mean)'
     local m4`var' = 4*`r(mean)'
     }

     foreach i in `myU' `m25yU' `m50yU'{
         foreach p in `myD' `m25yD' `m50yD'{
             gen c`i'_`p' = _b[_cons]+_b[yU]*(`i')+_b[yU2]*((`i')^2/2) ///
             +_b[yD]*(`p')+_b[yD2]*((`p')^2/2) if e(sample)
         }
     }


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