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Re: st: Preserve and restore within a foreach loop
From
Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: Preserve and restore within a foreach loop
Date
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:27:41 -0500
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Florian Seliger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Statalist,
>
> I want to restore a big dataset at the end of each iteration in order to save time ( I don't want to reload the 2,5GB file after each iteration), e.g.
>
> use big_dataset.dta, clear
1. check that this file^^^^ really contains the variable pat_var
> preserve
>
> foreach file in ... {
2. check that all the files in this list ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ really contain
the variable pat_var
3. Output the filename in the loop:
display `"`file'"'
to monitor how far the program goes. If the problem is with a
particular file, this will help
identify which one is problematic.
Best, S.R.
>
> joinby pat_var using "`file'"
>
> drop pat_var
>
> ...
>
> save changed_"`file'", replace
> restore, preserve
> }
>
> ******
>
> The last command is intended to restore the big_dataset that should be matched with each file specified in the loop. Unfortunately, STATA interrupts the process and tells me that it does not find the variable pat_var.
> Hence, the command might not work as intended, but I don't know where I have made a mistake.
> Do you have any suggestions?
>
>
> Thank you,
> Florian
>
>
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