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Re: st: using a string variable with use and save command


From   Joseph McDonnell <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: using a string variable with use and save command
Date   Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:11:18 +0930

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Kushan Thakkar <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to write a program that reads a list of files one by one
> (through a for loop) while making changes. In order to do so, i will
> need to supply a the file name as a variable with the use command.
>
> For example:
>
> gen filestr = "file name here"
> gen fileno = 1
> gen infile = filestr + fileno
> use infile, clear
>
> Could somebody please help me with the correct syntax for doing this?
>
> Thanks.
> Kushan
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Kushan

looks like you need to use macros and forvalues/foreach loop. If your
files have "structured" names (e.g. myfile1, myfile2,...myfile10) you
can use the following code...

forvalues i=1(1)10 {
	use myfile`i', clear
	// do something
	save myfile`i', replace
}

Of course, you may wish to save under another name.

If the names are less "regular", you can list them in a macro and then
have Stata step through the list.

local flist "a b c"
foreach f in `flist' {
	use `f', clear
	// do something
	save `f', replace
}

There is a "for" command but is out of date and should not be used.

HTH

Joseph

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