I wouldn't expect this to work at all.
What meets the eye is
forval i = 1 2 100 {
This isn't one of the legal forms of opening -forval-
loops, as a careful look at the help will reveal.
If you want to cycle over the integers 1...100
you can do it in various ways including
forval i = 1 2 to 100 {
forval i = 1(1)100 {
forval i = 1/100 {
I have not scrutinised the rest of the code carefully.
Nick
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Nachbar, Dirk
> Thanks Maarten
>
> But that still doesn't work properly. I can't really figure
> it out. See
> below for the amended program.
>
> Dirk
>
>
> global maxRMSE=999999999999999999
> sum avgunitprice if id==5, detail
> global min=r(p5)
> global max=r(p95)
> forval i= 1 2 100 {
> scalar j=$min+`i'*($max-$min)/100
> gen belowprice=avgunitprice*(avgunitprice<`j')
> gen below=(avgunitprice<`j')
> gen aboveprice=avgunitprice*(avgunitprice>=`j')
> gen above=(avgunitprice>=`j')
> qui reg lunit below belowprice above aboveprice if id==5, nocons
> if e(rmse)<$maxRMSE {
> local $maxRMSE=e(rmse)
> reg lunit below belowprice above aboveprice
> }
> cap drop below belowprice aboveprice above j
> }
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