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st: RE: RE: creating new variables with local macro contents
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"Nelson, Carl" <[email protected]>
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st: RE: RE: creating new variables with local macro contents
Date
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:54:15 -0600
Nick,
Thank you. Yes it was just a matter of using the correct foreach syntax. Sorry for the silly mistake.
Carl Nelson
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 10:49 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: st: RE: creating new variables with local macro contents
What was the problem reported? The second loop should start
foreach y of local quantity {
Nick
[email protected]
Nelson, Carl [edited]
I am working with a dataset that has quantity variables named like -capital- and -labor-, and price variables named -pcapital- and -plabor-. I am trying to use -foreach- loops to create expenditures and their sums but my syntax is wrong. I'd appreciate suggestions to fix my syntax. The example follows:
local inputs "livestock material labor capital land"
foreach input of local inputs {
replace `input' = -`input'
}
local quantity "grain sheep other `inputs' "
gen profit = 0
foreach y of quantity {
gen exp`y' = `y'* p`y'
replace profit = profit + exp`y'
}
Carl Nelson
University of Illinois
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