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Re: st: RE: macro of macros?


From   Maria Ana Vitorino <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: RE: macro of macros?
Date   Sun, 6 Nov 2011 10:20:06 -0500

Thanks Nick. This is very helpful.
This requires that every time I add a set I have to include two additional lines and to make sure that the name of the set is in line with the index. Using the example again,

If I add another set, say set 4 I need to do:

local set4 "x5 x6"
local index `index' 4

but suppose that what I do (by mistake) is

local set4 "x5 x6"
local index `index' 3

Any chance I can add another set in such a way that these types of mistakes won't happen?
Thanks!
Ana


On Nov 6, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Nick Cox wrote:

Wildcards are for variable names only. But you don't need any such device here. There are various ways to approach what you want. Here's one:

local index
local set1 "x1 x2"
local index `index' 1
local set2 "x2 x3"
local index `index' 2

foreach i of local index {
	reg y xvars `set`i''
}

Nick
[email protected]

Maria Ana Vitorino

I've only recently started experimenting with macros and I have the
following question: can we have a macro of macros and loop through the
different sub-macros without having to set beforehand  how many sub-
macros there are in the macro? Maybe it's easier to understand what
I'm looking for with an example:

I know that the following can be done:

local set1 "x1 x2"
local set2 "x2 x3"
local sets ""`set1'" "`set2'""  ***

foreach xvars of local sets {
reg y xvars
}

But, instead of having to list all the macros in the line ***, can we
have something like:

local set1 "x1 x2"
local set2 "x2 x3"

local sets ""`set'*""

foreach xvars of local sets {
reg y xvars
}


Ideally I would like to add (or remove) sets as a please so I wouldn't
like to have to keep updating the line *** everytime I do so...


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