Didier Fouarge
> > I want to loop a tabstat command to compute median income for a
> > number of years using
> > �forvalues� in a do-file. According to the help function the
> > following should be allowed:
> > forvalues i = 1 2 5/10 {
> > tabstat Y`i�, by(country) s(p50)
> > }
> > However, I get the following error message:
> >
> > invalid syntax
> > r(198);
> >
> > By the way, I get the same error message using other commands
> > such as sum Y`i�.
> >
> > forvalues i = 1/10 { ... works perfectly.
> >
> >
You have misread the help, although the point is very subtle.
-forvalues- cannot take arbitrary numlists.
It has its own very strict idea of a range, which must take just one of
various forms.
1 2 5/10
is not of any of the allowed forms for range, but a hybrid.
foreach i of num 1 2 5/10 {
tabstat Y`i�, by(country) s(p50)
}
is the way to do it.
Nick
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