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From | Ozgur Ozdemir <ozdemirozgur@hotmail.com> |
To | Stata <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | RE: st: For each loop |
Date | Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:29:16 +0000 |
sorry ,I meant forvalues i=2000/2010 {sum tobin_q_'i'} kind regards Ozgur Ozdemir T: +44 (0) 75 0332 9865 E: ozdemirozgur@hotmail.com<mailto:ozdemirozgur@hotmail.com> Skype : ozgurozdemir2005 ---------------------------------------- > From: ozdemirozgur@hotmail.com > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > Subject: RE: st: For each loop > Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:24:28 +0000 > > > Hi Chris, > thanks for your help. > sum tobin_q_* works. > However, I also tried > forvalues i=2000/2010 {sum tobin_q_'i'} > and it gave the same error message. Do you know why it might happen ? > > > > > kind regards > Ozgur Ozdemir > T: +44 (0) 75 0332 9865 > E: ozdemirozgur@hotmail.com<mailto:ozdemirozgur@hotmail.com> > Skype : ozgurozdemir2005 > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: kit.baum@bc.edu > > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > > Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:43:54 -0400 > > Subject: re: st: For each loop > > > > <> > > forvalues i=2000/2010{sum tobin_q_'i'} > > > > is not valid syntax, in that the { must end the line, and the } must be on its own line. But there is no need to use a loop. > > > > summ tobin_q_* > > > > or > > > > summ tobin_q_20?? > > > > will work fine. > > > > Kit > > > > Kit Baum | Boston College Economics & DIW Berlin | http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html > > An Introduction to Stata Programming | http://www.stata-press.com/books/isp.html > > An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata | http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html > > > > > > * > > * For searches and help try: > > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/