Katsuhide Isa
> > By the way,
> > it is not correct that string variables can't
> > be used with -generate- or -rename- or -forvalues-,
> > it just depends what you are trying to do.
>
> But, I'm afraid these string variables can't be used with
> -generate- or -rename- or -forvalues-, as far as my data
> is concerned.
>
> The relevant part of the data is as follows:
>
> -----------------------------------
> storage display
> variable name type format
> -----------------------------------
> _1 int %8.0g
> _2 int %8.0g
> _3 int %8.0g
> _4 int %8.0g
> _5 int %8.0g
> _6 int %8.0g
> _7 int %8.0g
> _8 int %8.0g
> _9 int %8.0g
> _10 int %8.0g
> _11 str15 %15s
> ....
>
> Given this structure, when typed 'gen SQ11 = _11', or
> 'forvalues i = 1/11 {gen SQ`i' = _`i'}', Stata says,
> 'type mismatch r(109);'
> Maybe I did somehing wrong, but I don't know what the
> cause is.
If you look carefully, you will see that _11 alone
is string and cannot be used to create a numeric variable
without using some function or command to extract
numeric contents. So (e.g.) your loop will fail at _11.
Nick
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