Re:st: Programming a slightly complex list of independent variables

["Clyde Schechter" <clyde.schechter@einstein.yu.edu>]

"Nic," I think if you modify your code as follows it will do what you want:

foreach y of varlist d* {
local laby : variable label `y'
    foreach x of varlist s*  {
    local labx : variable label `x'
    local prex = substr("`x'",1,3)
        foreach z of varlist f* {
        local labz : variable label `z'
        local prez = substr("`z'",1,2)
        unab svars: s* // STORE ALL THE s* VARIABLE NAMES IN A MACRO svars
        local svars: list svars - x  // REMOVE `x' FROM `svars'
        unab fvars: f* // STORE ALL THE f* VARIABLE NAMES IN A MACRO fvars
        local fvars: list fvars - z  // REMOVE `z' FROM `fvars'

        // REVISE THE VARIABLE LIST FROM THE ORIGINAL CODE
        regress `y' `x' `z' i`prex'`prez' g* c* e* `svars' `fvars'

Hope this helps.

Clyde Schechter
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY, USA

Please note new e-mail address: clyde.schechter@einstein.yu.edu

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