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Re: st: if expression involving a variable in a while loop


From   Scott Merryman <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: if expression involving a variable in a while loop
Date   Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:56:32 -0500

Like this?

clear
input  v1  v2   v3   v4   v5   v6   v7
.96 .04 .0 0 0 0 0
.5 .3 .1 .03 .03 .03 0.01
.4 .2 .2  .15 .03 0.015 .002
.3 .3 .37 .03 0 0 0
.9 .08 .02 0 0 0 0
end

gen sum = 0
gen var_count = 1
qui {
forv i = 1/7 {
	replace sum = sum + v`i' if sum <.95
	replace var_count = var_count + 1 if sum <.95
}
}

l

Scott
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