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Re: st: i and i-1 in forvalues command


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: i and i-1 in forvalues command
Date   Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:46:13 +0000 (GMT)

--- Florian Wakolbinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> gen kat = .
> 
> forvalues i = 1/5 {
>    replace kat = `i' if hour > kat`i-1' & hour <= kat`i'
>    }
> 
> the problem is I apparently cant write i-1 between ` and '

replace kat = `i' if hour > kat`=`i'-1' & hour <= kat`i' 

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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