Same error.
Nicola
At 02.33 25/12/2007 -0500, "Tom Trikalinos" wrote:
>Subject: Re: st: looping from 1 to a number defined by a scalar
>
>try e.g.
>
>
>
>scalar ng = 63
>forval i=1/`=ng' {
> // code
> noi di " `i'. " _c
>}
>
>
>tom
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>
>On Dec 24, 2007 12:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I would like to create a loop from 1 to a number defined by a scalar, but:
>> . forvalues 1/ng {
>> 2. mat p=inv((r1+vu)/ns[`i'])*r1
>> 3. mat q=r2*(idd-p)
>> 4. mat xtilde`i' = xmean*p +mux3*(idd-p)+dz*q
>> 5. }
>> invalid syntax
>> r(198);
>>
>> However, ng = 63 so that the following works:
>> . forvalues 1/63 {
>> 2. mat p=inv((r1+vu)/ns[`i'])*r1
>> 3. mat q=r2*(idd-p)
>> 4. mat xtilde`i' = xmean*p +mux3*(idd-p)+dz*q
>> 5. }
>>
>> Anything shorter than...?
>> local i = 0
>> while `i' < ng {
>> 2. local i = `i' + 1
>> 3. mat p=inv((r1+vu)/ns[`i'])*r1
>> 4. mat q=r2*(idd-p)
>> 5. mat xtilde`i' = xmean*p +mux3*(idd-p)+dz*q
>> 6. }
>>
>> Merry Xmas,
>> Nicola
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