You could cut out the middle macro.
tab y, gen(yf)
local vars yf1-yf`r(r)'
The downside of that is that it must be done while r(r) is still
defined. The next r-class command will usually zap it, or even
produce an incorrect r(r).
Another posting suggested a wildcard yf*. Note
that may catch other variables too, such as any -yfoo-,
depending on what else exists.
On Nov 14, 2007 10:03 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> One ` character too many.
>
> tab y, gen(yf)
> local ny = r(r)
> local vars yf1-yf`ny'
Richard Boylan
> I have a simple programming question; I am sure it is answered
> someplace but I couldn't figure out the right keywords to search for
> it (I tried for a while!)
>
> Here is what I would like to do, but STATA does not let me do that.
>
>
> *create dummy variable for variable yf
> tab y, gen(yf)
>
> * figure out how many dummy variables I have created
> local ny = r(r)
>
> * Here is the step that does not work
> * I would like to create a list including all the dummy variables I
> created
>
> local vars "yf1-yf``ny' "
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
