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Re: st: nested foreach
From
"Fabian Schönenberger" <[email protected]>
To
[email protected], [email protected]
Subject
Re: st: nested foreach
Date
Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:04:18 +0200
This is it!
Many thanks,
FS
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:34:02 +0100
> Von: Nick Cox <[email protected]>
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: st: nested foreach
> I would try changing
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> to
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> }
> }
>
> Nick
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:29 PM, "Fabian Schönenberger" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Dear Statalist
> > I want to calculate returns for portfolio consisting of stocks. I have
> several variables [var] indicating to which portfolio a certain company
> belongs to. These variables have numbers from 1 to 10, 1 to 5 and sometimes a
> combination of two numbers like 1 11 12 21 and so on.
> > In order to automate the calculation I tried the following formula:
> >
> > foreach var in `varlist' {
> > levelsof `var',local(levels)
> > foreach l of local levels {
> > egen `var'_return_`l'=mean(totalreturn) if `var'==`l', by(date_mt)
> > bysort date_mt:egen `var'_return_`l'_total=mean(`var'_return_`l')
> > drop `var'_return_`l'
> > egen `var'_wtreturn_`l'=wtmean(totalreturn) if `var'==`l',
> weight(Lmarketcap_total) by(date_mt)
> > bysort date_mt:egen `var'_wtreturn_`l'_total=mean(`var'_wtreturn_`l')
> > drop `var'_wtreturn_`l'
> > }}
> >
> > However, I only get the first two portfolio returns, and then Stata
> says:
> >
> > program error: code follows on the same line as close brace
> > r(198)
> >
> > Stata should start using the first variable, then do all steps for these
> variable at each level of the variable, and the continue to the next
> variable.
> >
> > How do I have to change the commands?
> >
>
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