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Re: st: RE: __000001 not found error in macro loop

From	Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To	"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject	Re: st: RE: __000001 not found error in macro loop
Date	Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:49:46 +0100

My guess is, as before, quite different. -egen- does not ever -drop-anything. Your problem is that you -drop-ped everything, orequivalently did not -keep- anything. Check that _N is positive beforecalling -egen-.


Nick


On 23 Jul 2011, at 05:48, Fiona Feng <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Nick,

Yes you were right about the syntax, thanks anyway Jesper. I've worked
out that the code:

egen double flows = sum(weight), by(lfs2)

Causes the code to for some reason delete all observations. Any idea
why that would be the case? In this case lfs2 is a string variable, so
all I'm generating is a new set of variables "flows" that sums the
"weight" of observations by lfs2. Is there anyway I can produce the
same result of this line of code without using egen or sum(weight)?
I'm pretty sure the problem's with one of these two commands.

Many thanks,

Fiona.

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]>wrote:

I disagree. Fiona's -foreach- syntax is fine and in any case integers
could never be variable names. Elsewhere I've made a guess at the
problem.

Nick

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Jesper Lindhardsen
<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Fiona!

Have you tried

foreach y of numlist 11 12 13 14 15 16 21 22 23 31 32 33 34 35 4142 43

44 45
46 47 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 71 72 73 74 81 82 83 84
85 86 87 88 91 92 93 94 95 {

I think it may be to vague with "foreach y in 11 12 {" as Stata may
interpret these as variables. Hence the error message.

HTH, Jesper

Jesper Lindhardsen
MD, PhD candidate
Department of Cardiovascular Research
Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte
Denmark





-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]

[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of FionaFeng

Sent: 22 July 2011 10:15
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: __000001 not found error in macro loop

Hi all,

I've got a pretty strange problem. I want to run some existingcode by

region and by state, so I just added a line of code at the beginning
to run the program by region or by state. The problem is that while
the code by region works fine, the code for state gives a "__000001
not found" error. The code for region is:

**2. match_flows
forvalues y=1/4 {
local x=197601

while `x' <= 201012 {

   quietly {
       if `x' != 197601 & `x' != 197801 & `x' != 198507 & `x' !=

198510 & `x' != 199401 & `x' != 199506 & `x' != 199507 & `x' !=199508

& `x' != 199509 {
               use merg`x', clear
               save "merg`x'-`y'.dta", replace
               keep if reg==`y'
               keep if age >= 16
               *drop if mis0 == 1
               gen str1 lfs0 = "E" if status0 == 1 | status0 == 2
               replace lfs0 = "U" if status0 == 3
               replace lfs0 = "I" if status0 == 4 | status0 == 5 |
status0 == 6 | status0 == 7
               replace lfs0 = "U" if status0 == 4 & `x' > 198901
               replace lfs0 = "M" if lfs0 == ""
               gen str1 lfs1 = "E" if status1 == 1 | status1 == 2
               replace lfs1 = "U" if status1 == 3
               replace lfs1 = "I" if status1 == 4 | status1 == 5 |
status1 == 6 | status1 == 7
               replace lfs1 = "U" if status1 == 4 & `x' > 198900
               replace lfs1 = "M" if lfs1 == ""

               gen str2 lfs2 = lfs0 + lfs1

               sort lfs2
               replace fweight0 = 0 if fweight0 == .
               replace fweight1 = 0 if fweight1 == .
               gen weight = (fweight0+fweight1)/2
               egen double flows = sum(weight), by(lfs2)
               replace flows = flows/1000
               if `x' > 199400 {replace flows = flows/100}

               sort lfs2
               quietly by lfs2:  gen duplic = cond(_N==1,0,_n)
               drop if duplic > 1

               keep lfs2 flows reg
               gen date = `x'
               reshape wide flows, i(date) j(lfs2) string

gen flowEE = flowsEE/(flowsEE+flowsEI+flowsEU+flowsEM)gen flowEI = flowsEI/(flowsEE+flowsEI+flowsEU+flowsEM)gen flowEU = flowsEU/(flowsEE+flowsEI+flowsEU+flowsEM)gen flowEM = flowsEM/(flowsEE+flowsEI+flowsEU+flowsEM)gen flowUE = flowsUE/(flowsUE+flowsUI+flowsUU+flowsUM)gen flowUI = flowsUI/(flowsUE+flowsUI+flowsUU+flowsUM)gen flowUU = flowsUU/(flowsUE+flowsUI+flowsUU+flowsUM)gen flowUM = flowsUM/(flowsUE+flowsUI+flowsUU+flowsUM)gen flowIE = flowsIE/(flowsIE+flowsII+flowsIU+flowsIM)gen flowII = flowsII/(flowsIE+flowsII+flowsIU+flowsIM)gen flowIU = flowsIU/(flowsIE+flowsII+flowsIU+flowsIM)gen flowIM = flowsIM/(flowsIE+flowsII+flowsIU+flowsIM)

               gen flowME = flowsME/(flowsME+flowsMI+flowsMU)
               gen flowMI = flowsMI/(flowsME+flowsMI+flowsMU)
               gen flowMU = flowsMU/(flowsME+flowsMI+flowsMU)
               drop flows*
           }


           else {
           clear
           set obs 1
           gen date = `x'
           gen flowEE = .
           gen flowEI = .
           gen flowEU = .
           gen flowEM = .
           gen flowUE = .
           gen flowUU = .
           gen flowUI = .
           gen flowUM = .
           gen flowIE = .
           gen flowIU = .
           gen flowII = .
           gen flowIM = .
           gen flowME = .
           gen flowMU = .
           gen flowMI = .
           }

           if `x' >= 197602 {
               append using flows`y'
           }

           save "flows`y'.dta", replace
   }


   local x = `x' + 1
   if (`x'-13)/100 == int((`x'-13)/100) {
       local x = `x' + 88
       noisily display (`x'-1)/100}
           }

       sort date

       gen flowMM = 0

       save "flows`y'.dta", replace


}

While the code for state is:
**2. match_flows

foreach y in 11 12 13 14 15 16 21 22 23 31 32 33 34 35 41 42 43 4445

46 47 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 71 72 73 74 81 82 83 84
85 86 87 88 91 92 93 94 95 {
local x=197601
while `x' <= 201012 {
           quietly {
           if `x' != 197601 & `x' != 197801 & `x' != 198507 & `x' !=

198510 & `x' != 199401 & `x' != 199506 & `x' != 199507 & `x' !=199508

& `x' != 199509 {
                   use merg`x', clear
                   save "merg`x'-`y'.dta", replace
                   keep if state==`y'
                   keep if age >= 16
                   *drop if mis0 == 1

gen str1 lfs0 = "E" if status0 == 1 | status0== 2

                   replace lfs0 = "U" if status0 == 3
                   replace lfs0 = "I" if status0 == 4 | status0 == 5
| status0 == 6 | status0 == 7
                   replace lfs0 = "U" if status0 == 4 & `x' > 198901
                   replace lfs0 = "M" if lfs0 == ""

gen str1 lfs1 = "E" if status1 == 1 | status1== 2

                   replace lfs1 = "U" if status1 == 3
                   replace lfs1 = "I" if status1 == 4 | status1 == 5
| status1 == 6 | status1 == 7
                   replace lfs1 = "U" if status1 == 4 & `x' > 198900
                   replace lfs1 = "M" if lfs1 == ""

                   gen str2 lfs2 = lfs0 + lfs1

                   sort lfs2
                   replace fweight0 = 0 if fweight0 == .
                   replace fweight1 = 0 if fweight1 == .
                   gen weight = (fweight0+fweight1)/2
                   egen double flows = sum(weight), by(lfs2)
                   replace flows = flows/1000
                   if `x' > 199400 {replace flows = flows/100}

                   sort lfs2
                   quietly by lfs2:  gen duplic = cond(_N==1,0,_n)
                   drop if duplic > 1

                   keep lfs2 flows state
                   gen date = `x'
                   reshape wide flows, i(date) j(lfs2) string

                   gen flowEE =
flowsEE/(flowsEE+flowsEI+flowsEU+flowsEM)
                   gen flowEI =
flowsEI/(flowsEE+flowsEI+flowsEU+flowsEM)
                   gen flowEU =
flowsEU/(flowsEE+flowsEI+flowsEU+flowsEM)
                   gen flowEM =
flowsEM/(flowsEE+flowsEI+flowsEU+flowsEM)
                   gen flowUE =
flowsUE/(flowsUE+flowsUI+flowsUU+flowsUM)
                   gen flowUI =
flowsUI/(flowsUE+flowsUI+flowsUU+flowsUM)
                   gen flowUU =
flowsUU/(flowsUE+flowsUI+flowsUU+flowsUM)
                   gen flowUM =
flowsUM/(flowsUE+flowsUI+flowsUU+flowsUM)
                   gen flowIE =
flowsIE/(flowsIE+flowsII+flowsIU+flowsIM)
                   gen flowII =
flowsII/(flowsIE+flowsII+flowsIU+flowsIM)
                   gen flowIU =
flowsIU/(flowsIE+flowsII+flowsIU+flowsIM)
                   gen flowIM =
flowsIM/(flowsIE+flowsII+flowsIU+flowsIM)
                   gen flowME = flowsME/(flowsME+flowsMI+flowsMU)
                   gen flowMI = flowsMI/(flowsME+flowsMI+flowsMU)
                   gen flowMU = flowsMU/(flowsME+flowsMI+flowsMU)
                   drop flows*
               }


               else {
               clear
               set obs 1
               gen date = `x'
               gen flowEE = .
               gen flowEI = .
               gen flowEU = .
               gen flowEM = .
               gen flowUE = .
               gen flowUU = .
               gen flowUI = .
               gen flowUM = .
               gen flowIE = .
               gen flowIU = .
               gen flowII = .
               gen flowIM = .
               gen flowME = .
               gen flowMU = .
               gen flowMI = .
               }

               if `x' >= 197602 {
               append using flows`y'
               }

               save "flows`y'.dta", replace
       }


       local x = `x' + 1
       if (`x'-13)/100 == int((`x'-13)/100) {
           local x = `x' + 88
           noisily display (`x'-1)/100
           }
               }

   sort date

   gen flowMM = 0

   save "flows`y'.dta", replace


}

Considering that I've made very minor changes to the code, I don'tsee

what the problem is. Using the trace command, I've managed to deduce
that it's something to do with the egen code:

egen double flows = sum(weight), by(lfs2)

That causes the "__000001 not found" error.

Please help!

Many thanks,

Fiona Feng.
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References:
- st: __000001 not found error in macro loop
  - From: Fiona Feng <[email protected]>
- st: RE: __000001 not found error in macro loop
  - From: "Jesper Lindhardsen" <[email protected]>
- Re: st: RE: __000001 not found error in macro loop
  - From: Nick Cox <[email protected]>
- Re: st: RE: __000001 not found error in macro loop
  - From: Fiona Feng <[email protected]>

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