Re: st: Creating new variables in mata.

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

I agree with Phil's specific suggestions and general stance here. I
tend to ask myself, which tasks are easier done in Stata and which in
Mata? In the absence of other information, I would regard dropping
variables and creating them as usually easier in Stata.

Naturally, there can be reasons for doing it in Mata. Similarly, there
are other desiderata. For example, moving back and forth between Stata
and Mata a great deal doesn't seem ideal.

So, we are left with the simple but vital point that advising well
would be easier if we knew your overall problem.

A small detail here is that

varname = var + strofreal(i)

is another way to do it.
Nick
njcoxstata@gmail.com


On 19 February 2014 17:40, Phil Schumm <pschumm@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> On Feb 19, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Amadou DIALLO <stata.diallo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Maybe this has been already answered, but I can't find it.  What is the equivalent of the stata code below in mata?
>>
>> forv i = 1/10 {
>>   cap drop var`i'
>>   g var`i' = ...
>> }
>>
>> I've read Bill's "mata matters: macros" and creating new variables, but I can't find how to parse the "i".
>
>
> A direct translation would look something like this:
>
>
>     for (i=1; i<=10; i++) {
>         varname = sprintf("var%f", i)
>         if (_st_varindex(varname)!=.) {
>             st_dropvar(varname)
>         }
>         (void) st_addvar(<type>, varname)
>         // use st_store() to fill the new variable
>     }
>
>
> where <type> is the storage type of the new variables you are creating.  However, without some more detail about what you are trying to do, it is impossible to say whether this will be useful to you (or even whether it is appropriate to be doing this in Mata).
>
>
> -- Phil
>
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