Hi Statalist,
I am trying to write a simple programme to regress some variables,
store their coefficients and means. I have cobbled together bits from
other codes which were written under different versions, which may be
a problem. I have Version 8.2 but the programme reverts to version 3
at this line:
global m: word count $basefactors /*number of independent variables*/
This is my code:
/*setting up global variables*/
global basefactors = "ln_pcy02 chgln_pcy ln_pcy02_sqd age agesq edyrs
male single divorced widowed ethmin cpmem unempld r_health workhrs
finassets hhdebt Anhui Chongqing Gansu Guangdong Guangxi Guizhou Hebei
Henan Hubei Hunan Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaoning Shaanxi Shandong
Shanxi Sicuan Xinjiang Yunnan Zhejiang" /*independent variables in
standard equation*/
global m: word count $basefactors /*number of independent variables*/
local fname1 "c:\CHINA\uricevar02"
local fname2 "c:\CHINA\ricevar02"
global sectors = "1 2"
local sec $sectors
local i=1
foreach x of local sec{
use `fname`x'', clear
keep happy $basefactors
................
The whole thing grinds to a halt at this point and -set trace on-
revealed that Stata doesn't like three Chinese provinces starting with
Sh. This is the output:
*****************************8
30. }
- foreach x of local sec{
- use `fname`x'', clear
= use c:\CHINA\uricevar02, clear
- keep happy $basefactors
= keep happy ln_pcy02 chgln_pcy ln_pcy02_sqd age agesq edyrs male
single divorced widowed ethmin cpmem
> unempld r_health workhrs finassets hhdebt Anhui Chongqing Gansu Guangdong Guangxi Guizhou Hebei Henan
> Hubei Hunan Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaoning Shaanxi Sh
Sh ambiguous abbreviation
*****************
Can someone please help? I'd be very grateful.
Cheers,
Ramani
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