Brilliant, thanks guys! Problem solved.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Kieran McCaul <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
>
> try the following:
>
> forvalues i = 101(1)1301 {
> local j = round(`i'/100,0.01)
> capture confirm file `j'SURVEY.csv
> if _rc==0 {
> blah blah blah
> }}
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dorothy
> Bridges
> Sent: Friday, 8 January 2010 6:16 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: forvalues loop shuts down when asked to "jump over" certain
> values
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a forvalues loop along the following lines:
>
> forvalues i = 1.01(.01)13.01 {
> capture confirm file `i'SURVEY.csv
> if _rc==0 {
> blah blah blah
> }
> }
>
> My list of files is along the lines of:
>
> 1.01SURVEY.csv
> 1.02SURVEY.csv
> 1.03SURVEY.csv
> 1.04DATA.csv
> 1.05SURVEY.csv.
>
> The loop works perfectly for the first three files, then stops when it
> gets to 1.04DATA ... I want it to go on to 1.05SURVEY. I attempted to
> solve this problem with the capture confirm line, but no luck. I
> think I need another expression along the lines of, "if _rc~=0,
> (continue the loop)".
>
> Many thanks,
> Dorothy
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