Re: st: foreach with string

[daniel klein <klein.daniel.81@googlemail.com>]

Fabian,

change

egen meanwreturn_`l'=wtmean(trt1m) if SIZEBM==`l',weight(size) by(datemt)

to read

egen meanwreturn_`l'=wtmean(trt1m) if SIZEBM=="`l'",weight(size) by(datemt)

Best
Daniel

-- 
Dear Statalist

I have problems with the following commands:

levelsof SIZEBM,local(levels)
`"BH"' `"BL"' `"BM"' `"SH"' `"SL"' `"SM"'

foreach l of local levels {
 egen meanwreturn_`l'=wtmean(trt1m) if SIZEBM==`l',weight(size) by(datemt)
 }

BH not found
r(111);

wtmean is from SSC (David Kantor) to generate weighted mean. SIZEBM is
a string variable. The aim is to calculate the size-weighted return
for the different portfolios SIZEBM.

Any suggestions?
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