st: Using loop in Mata?

[Henk-Wim de Boer <H.W.de.Boer@cpb.nl>]

Hello everyone,


I am using Mata and I want to put the following code into a loop:

U_1 = colshape(U_1,6)
U_2 = colshape(U_2,6)
U_3 = colshape(U_3,6)
U_4 = colshape(U_4,6)
U_5 = colshape(U_5,6)
U_6 = colshape(U_6,6)
U_7 = colshape(U_7,6)
U_8 = colshape(U_8,6)
U_9 = colshape(U_9,6)
U_10 = colshape(U_10,6)


In STATA, I would use a local variable:

forvalues r=1(1)10 {
gen U_`r' = ....
}

Obviously, this does not work in MATA. Does anyone know how to code this in a proper way in MATA?

Kind regards.

Henk-Wim

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