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st: Looping with merge
From
Adam Guerrero <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: Looping with merge
Date
Mon, 13 May 2013 10:42:05 -0400
Hello All,
I am trying to write a loop for the following lines of code
merge m:1 zip_num using zip_pov.dta, keepusing(povrate)
drop if _merge==2
drop _merge
merge m:1 zip_num using p15_zip.dta, keepusing(permcf)
drop if _merge==2
drop _merge
merge m:1 zip_num using p37_zip.dta, keepusing(perbachelor)
drop if _merge==2
drop _merge
This is what, but has not been working
foreach file in zip_pov.dta p15_zip.dta p37_zip.dta {
foreach var of varlist "povrate" "permcf" "perbachelor" {
merge m:1 zip_num using `file', keepusing(`var')
drop if _merge==2
drop _merge
}
}
Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Adam Guerrero
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