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RE: st: forval query
From
"Mirnezami, Oliver" <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
RE: st: forval query
Date
Fri, 5 Apr 2013 14:34:04 +0000
Fantastic. Thank you all Maarten, Billy and Nick!
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maarten Buis
Sent: 05 April 2013 15:21
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: forval query
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Mirnezami, Oliver wrote:
> I can repeat your set of commands for each variable e.g.
>
> forvalues i = 2/10 {
> local j = 1990 + (2*`i')
> rename r`i'mobila mobila_`j'
> ma drop j
> }
>
>
> forvalues i = 2/10 {
> local j = 1990 + (2*`i')
> rename r`i'lgmusa lgmusa_`j'
> ma drop j
> }
>
> Etc.
>
> However, I have do this for many variables so can you plug in a line with a list of these variables to avoid repeating the command over and over again?
local stubs "mobila lgmusa"
forvalues i = 2/10 {
local j = 1990 + (2*`i')
foreach stub of local stubs {
rename r`i'`stub' `stub'_`j'
}
}
-- Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
WZB
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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