Also, when I do it in the command line, I obtain what I want:
. if "a" == "a" loc d %
. else loc d Value
. di "`d'"
%
2013/2/14, Amadou DIALLO <stata.diallo@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
> I spent the night programming some stuffs but cannot understand why I
> don't obtain the expected results. I was expecting "%" but got
> "Value". What am I doing wrong?
>
> noi se tr on
> loc list1 a
> loc list2 a b c
> loc d
> foreach j of loc list1 {
> foreach k of loc list2 {
> if "`j'" == "`k'" loc d %
> else loc d Value
> } // foreach k
> }
> di "`d'"
>
>
>
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> Senior Economist, AfDB.
> a.b.diallo@afdb.org
> +21671101789
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Senior Economist, AfDB.
a.b.diallo@afdb.org
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