Re: st: Using values in an variable to save parts of an dataset

[Sergiy Radyakin <serjradyakin@gmail.com>]

note you need to preserve/restore the data in the loop and be more
careful with locals vs variables.

sysuse auto, clear
levelsof foreign, local(levs)
foreach lev in `levs' {
 preserve
   keep if foreign==`lev'
   save c:\temp\auto_`lev'
 restore
}

Best, Sergiy

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Andreas Dall Frøseth
<Andreas.Froseth@stud.nhh.no> wrote:
> Dear all.
>
> I'm trying to divide my dataset into pieces based on the values in an variable. My set is an large panel data, containing a number of companies. Each company has a value in the variable "industryid", which allows me to identify what industry it operates in.
> I am now trying to divide this large dataset into smaller sets for each single industry.
>
> The reason why I'm struggling is that I wish to apply this separation for a number of different sets, which might contain a different amount of industries, without having to identify the values in the industry-variable myself.
> I have tried to make a macro with the values using the "levelsof" command, and then apply it with:
>
> foreach industryid in `industryids' {
>         keep if industryid==`industryids'
>         save industry_`industryids'
> }
>
>
> But this runs back as "invalid '10'".
>
> Any suggestions on how to do this?
> Forgive me if this is way to basic...
>
> Your feedback will be appreciated.
>
> -Andreas
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