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Re: st: problem creating and doing a foreach on a local of all numeric variables in a dataset


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: problem creating and doing a foreach on a local of all numeric variables in a dataset
Date   Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:04:37 +0100 (BST)

try:
foreach var of varlist `r(varlist)' {
 
That is: adding a "`" and a "'" around r(varlist)

Hope this helps,
Maarten

--- "Jennifer S. Earl" <[email protected]> wrote:

> In the middle of a program I am working on, I need to set a bunch of 
> variables to missing, some of which are numeric and some of which are
> 
> string. Since the replace command is sensitive to numeric or string,
> I need 
> to do separate foreach loops.
> 
> Here is what I have tried:
> 
> ds , has(type numeric)
> local num_vars r(varlist)
> foreach var of local num_vars {
> 	replace `var'=. if `var'_error==1
> }
> 
> ds , has(type string)
> local string_vars r(varlist)
> foreach var of local string_vars {
> 	replace `var'="" if `var'_error==1
> }
> 
> Unfortunately, when I try this, I get the following error:
> time-series operators not allowed
> r(101);
> 
> If I do instead (in case if is my foreach line that is giving me
> problems):
> ds , has(type numeric)
> local num_vars r(varlist)
> foreach var of local `num_vars' {
> 	replace `var'=. if `var'_error==1
> }
> 
> I get the following error:
> { required
> r(100);
> 
> But, the puzzling part is that I see the right list of numeric
> variables 
> displayed if I do:
> 
> ds , has(type numeric)
> local num_vars r(varlist)
> display `num_vars'
> 
> So, I know I am fetching the right list, I am just not able to
> operate on 
> it in the foreach loop.
> 
> I have tried other ways of selecting off just the numeric variables
> and 
> just the string and none are working.
> 
> Any suggestions? Maybe it is late and I missing something obvious?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jenn
> 
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