st: Trouble with " if"

["Christophe Bontemps" <bontemps@toulouse.inra.fr>]

Hi Everybody,
I find strange the way stata handle a double equality condition in "if"
statements

Running  the following trible loop on i, j and k with a condition like"  if
`i'==`j'==`k'   " gives a wrong answer, no warnings, no errors.
Of course i know the solution for this problem but why does Stata accept
these misleading  statements  in "if" ?
running  on Stata 8 SE the following :
forvalues i = 1/3 {
    forvalues j = 1/3 {
       forvalues k = 1/3 {
            display in yellow " i=`i'  j=`j'  k=`k' "

             if `i'==`j'==`k' {
                 di in green " case 1"
             }
             else {
              di in red "case 2"
             }
        }
    }
}
Gives
 i=1  j=1  k=1
 case 1
 i=1  j=1  k=2
case 2
 .
 .
 i=2  j=2  k=1
 case 1
 i=2  j=2  k=2
case 2
 i=2  j=2  k=3
.
.
 i=3  j=3  k=1
 case 1
 i=3  j=3  k=2
case 2
 i=3  j=3  k=3
case 2


Thanks

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