st: loop trouble

["Huiber Gabi (nat1gxh)" <nat1gxh@ups.com>]

Hello Statalist,

I'm trying to run a loop like this:

use "`mytempfile'"
local x _N
forvalues i(1)`x' {
[do stuff]
}

This loop is identical to the one in the Programming Manual, p. 106, where
the loop 

local n 3
forvalues i(1)`n' {
[do stuff]
}

will run just fine three times. Mine claims that the syntax is invalid. Any
ideas?

Gabi
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