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Re: AW: st: How to make a for "loop" when the counter is a variabe


From   Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: AW: st: How to make a for "loop" when the counter is a variabe
Date   Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:06:54 -0500

alas, I didn't read the question closely. if -var- is
a variable, I have no idea what the poster is after...

J

Martin Weiss wrote:
<>

" forv i=1/`=`var'' {
	...
}
"


*************
sysuse auto, clear
forv i=1/`=`mpg'' {
	di `i'
}
*************

gives me an error. (mpg is not the name of a -local-, is it?)


HTH
Martin


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forv i=1/`=`var'' {
	...
}


hth,
Jeph


Quang Nguyen wrote:
When I run the following code:

for i = 1/`var' {........
                   }

where var is a variable in the data set.

The code doesn't work. Can you suggest a solution?

Many thanks!

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