That's not a problem so far as I can see. Consider first time round the outer loop, so `i' = 1.
The inner statements become
gen ceo_photo1 = 0 if photo1==1
forvalues j=1/numberofpeople1 {
replace ceo_photo1=1 if ceo == name`j'_photo1 & ceo_photo1==0
}
The thing that looks odd now is -numberofpeople1-. Tell us where you define it and what it is.
Similarly, what are -numberofpeople2- ... -numberofpeople17-?
Basically, it doesn't matter what they are, variables or scalars, as -forval- expects to see an actual number at that place. You could evaluate something on the fly, but that's a different technique.
Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Bader Alhashel
Sent: 18 January 2012 19:27
To: statalist
Subject: st: Overlapping Loops
I am trying to write two over lapping "foreach" loops however I keep
getting an invalid syntax error. I don't know why but I am guessing it
is because of the local macro in the first loop is not recognized in
the second loop. This is the code I am trying to run.
forvalues i = 1/17 {
gen ceo_photo`i'=0 if photo`i'==1
forvalues j=1/numberofpeople`i' {
replace ceo_photo`i'=1 if ceo == name`j'_photo`i' & ceo_photo`i'==0
}
}
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