Statalist


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date index][Thread index]

st: advance a -foreach- loop?


From   Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: advance a -foreach- loop?
Date   Tue, 13 May 2008 15:45:46 -0400

I have hundreds of variables that I need to loop through
and process. Some of them are grouped together because they
represent different options that are not mutually exclusive;
for example, "Insurance type: check all that apply:" has
results stored in:

   payor_1
   payor_2
   payor_3
   payor_4
   payor_5
   payor_6


I have a datum -type- associated with each that tells me it is part of a
"multiselect" (sic) question, so when I loop through all my variables:

  foreach V of varlist `biglist' {
	gettype(`V')
	if `type'=="M" {
		<do stuff>
	}
	.
	.
	.
  }

The ... handles every other types of variable. However, when I
<do stuff> I'd like to handle all the variables in that particular
group, eg, payor_1-payor_6. I can do this, but then I need to advance
the -foreach- to the variable *after* payor_6.

One thought I had was to reference the variables by their number, which
is available via -describe, number- (I'd have to -keep `biglist'- first)
but I'm not sure how to refer to a variable by its number, and can't
find any info on how to do so.

Does anyone see how to make this idea - or any other- work so I can skip
ahead in a -foreach- loop?

thanks,
Jeph




*
*   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/



© Copyright 1996–2024 StataCorp LLC   |   Terms of use   |   Privacy   |   Contact us   |   What's new   |   Site index