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RE: st: For each loop
From
Ozgur Ozdemir <[email protected]>
To
Stata <[email protected]>
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
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Skype : ozgurozdemir2005
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> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> 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: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> Skype : ozgurozdemir2005
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > 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
> >
> >
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