Re: st: issue with forvalues/foreach

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

Sorry, but your question remains very difficult to answer. But know  
that the macro used in the -forval- or -foreach- statement is not  
visible beyond the loop.

Nick

On 14 Dec 2012, at 13:27, "Rubil Ivica" <irubil@eizg.hr> wrote:

> I didn't send the actual code because it is long.
> The same problem appears whenever I have a path within the -forvalues-
> or -foreach- loop.
> The files are certainly in the folders that I am referring to in  
> paths.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ivica Rubil
> Ekonomski institut || The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
> Trg J. F. Kennedyja 7, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
> tel. +385-1-2362-269 || fax. +385-1-2335-165
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Rebecca  
> Pope
> Sent: 13. prosinac 2012 17:52
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: issue with forvalues/foreach
>
> Try this, since it looks like your files are all in the same  
> directory:
> cd "F:\project\data\"
> forval i=1/30 {
>   use `"dataset_`i'.dta"', clear
>   compress var1 var2
>   save `"dataset_`i'.dta"', replace
> }
>
> Note on your -foreach- loop, you tell Stata that "country" is the
> macro. Therefore, your code should say:
> foreach country in croatia albania {
>   use "F:\project\data\dataset_`country'.dta", clear
>   compress var1 var2
>   save "F:\project\data\dataset_`country'.dta", replace
> }
>
> I also changed the colon in the save to an underscore, since I assume
> that is what you meant.
>
> If that doesn't work, please post the code you are really submitting.
> Perhaps there is something particular to it that isn't captured by
> your example.
>
> Best,
> Rebecca
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Rubil Ivica <irubil@eizg.hr> wrote:
> > William, what your suggested does not work either, even after
> > sustituting "/" for "\".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ivica Rubil
> > Ekonomski institut || The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
> > Trg J. F. Kennedyja 7, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
> > tel. +385-1-2362-269 || fax. +385-1-2335-165
> > irubil@eizg.hr || www.eizg.hr
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of William
> > Buchanan
> > Sent: 13. prosinac 2012 17:28
> > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Subject: Re: st: issue with forvalues/foreach
> >
> > Hi Ivica,
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > forv i = 1/30 {
> >        use `"F:/project/data/dataset_`i'"', clear
> >        compress var1 var2
> >        save `"F:/project/data/dataset_`i'b"', replace
> >        clear
> > }
> >
> > It's probably a good idea not to permanently modify your data files
> (so
> > adding "b" to the end of the filename should make it easier to
> > distinguish the two).  Also notice the use of "/" instead of "\" in
> the
> > file path.  Using the "/" character will work on all platforms, and
> > avoids some of the problems that you faced.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Billy
> >
> >
> > On Dec 13, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Rubil Ivica wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Statalisters:
> > >
> > > When I to run the following (two artificial examples just to
> > illustrate
> > > the issue)
> > >
> > > forvalues i = 1(1)30 {
> > >      use "F:\project\data\dataset_`i'.dta", clear
> > >      compress var1 var2
> > >      save "F:\project\data\dataset_`i'.dta", replace
> > >      clear
> > > }
> > >
> > > or for instance
> > >
> > > foreach country in croatia albania {
> > >      use "F:\project\data\dataset_`i'.dta", clear
> > >      compress var1 var2
> > >      save "F:\project\data\dataset:`i'.dta", replace
> > >      clear
> > > }
> > >
> > > Stata returns
> > >
> > > file F:\project\data`i'.dta not found
> > >
> > > It seems strange to me that Stata "forgets" the exactly specified
> > path:
> > > "F:\project\data\dataset_`i'.dta" in the first example
> > > and
> > > "F:\project\data\dataset_`i'.dta" in the second example.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ivica Rubil
> > > Ekonomski institut || The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
> > > Trg J. F. Kennedyja 7, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
> > > tel. +385-1-2362-269 || fax. +385-1-2335-165
> > > irubil@eizg.hr || www.eizg.hr
> > >
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