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Re: st: A small technique problem


From   Dan Blanchette <[email protected]>
To   statalist <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: A small technique problem
Date   Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:54:53 -0400 (EDT)

You were almost there with return macro var r(r).  This will
evaluate to the number of categories of your tabulated variable.

Just add that to your code:

. local varlist_2 = "verbal_sat dum1-dum`r(r)'"

. di "`varlist_2'"

verbal_sat dum1-dum30

Dan Blanchette
Carolina Population Center UNC-CH

>
> Dear Statalist members,
>
> 	I met a small stata problem.  Does anyone have a good way to do it?
>
> 	Problem:
>
> The subprogram is like this:
>
> 	load big data set
> 	select small data set
> 	generate dum
> 	show how many dum variables are generated
> 	loop to operate on each dum
>
> In total, there are over fifty such small subprograms, every small data set is different from the other.
>
> I have to check how many dums are there in the subprogram and put the number into loop.  Everytime, I change the big dataset, I have to recheck the dum number and reinput the dum number into the loop.
>
> How can I let the stata do this automatically?
>
> Example of subprogram:
>
> use pdp_matching.dta, clear
>
> keep	gender coalition_pool verbal_sat math_sat c32_lecture	c32_times_taken	c32_year	c32_term	c32_num_grade	c32_math_98	c32_pdp_ids	c32_pdp_ids_not_pass	c32_slc_adjunct	c32_slc_adjunct_not_pass
>
> drop  if    gender  ==  .
> drop  if    coalition_pool  ==  .
> drop	if	verbal_sat	==	.
> drop	if	math_sat	==	.
> drop	if	c32_lecture	==	.
> drop	if	c32_year	==	.
> drop	if	c32_term	==	.
> drop	if	c32_num_grade	==	.
>
> keep  if c32_num_grade < 5
>
> generate same_class = c32_year*100 + c32_term*10 + c32_lecture
>
> tabulate same_class, gen(dum)
>
> di r(r)
>
> local varlist_1 = "gender math_sat"
> local varlist_2 = "verbal_sat dum1-dum30"
>
> Note:  I have to input 30 by myself before!!!  Can stata do this automatically?
>
> foreach var of local varlist_1 {
> egen `var'_max = max(`var')
> egen `var'_min = min(`var')
> if `var'_max ~= `var'_min  {
>
> local varlist_2 = "`varlist_2' `var'"
> di "keep `var'"
> }
> else {
> display "drop `var'"
>
> }
> }
> display "Finish dropping"
>
>
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Maoyong Fan
>
>
>
>
>
>


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