--- M Hollis <[email protected]> wrote:
> The second choice
> follows Maarten's approach, but since the entire
> variable name is invoked in the foreach line you have
> to replace the entire variable name in the subsequent
> commands, and in this case you only have to issue the
> -replace- command once since it iterates through the
> variables one at a time:
>
> local varlist waglevl_f1989 waglevl_f1991
> waglevl_f1993 /*
> */ waglevl_f1997 waglevl_f2000
> waglevl_m1989 /*
> */ waglevl_m1991 waglevl_m1993
> waglevl_m1997 /*
> */ waglevl_m2000
>
> foreach var of varlist `varlist' {
> replace `var' = . if `var'<0
> }
Oops, you are right
sorry,
Maarten
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