A thread is best closed by saying what the
solution was, not that you found a solution....
Nick
[email protected]
Alejandro Delafuente
> many thanks Nick. I sorted out the problem.
>
> In message
> <031173627889364697C50B3B266CBB8A101BAF@GEOGMAIL.geog.ad.dur.ac.uk>
> [email protected] writes:
> > My guess is that what you are getting what you
> > ask for, but that it is not what you want.
> >
> > The difference between
> >
> > if <condition> <command>
> >
> > and
> >
> > <command> if <condition>
> >
> > is profound. For one documentation, see
> > http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/lang/ifqualifier.html
> >
> > I am not clear what you want precisely. If you
> > want to drop a variable if and only if all observations
> > are missing, then
> >
> > . search dropmiss
> >
> > for a convenience command.
> >
> > Nick
> > [email protected]
> >
> > Alejandro Delafuente
> > >
> > > Dear Nick, thanks for your advice. With some little
> > > adjustments it worked out!
> > > Also, taking advantage of your generosity let me ask you a
> > > quick question: am
> > > trying to drop some monthly variables in a time sequence
> > > (from january 1961 to
> > > dec 2001) with missings in them. My code looks as follows:
> > > foreach var of varlist jan* feb* ... dec* {
> > > if `var' ==. {
> > > drop `var'
> > > }
> > > }
> > > But for some reason it is not working. Can you tell why?
> > > As always, many thanks.
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