I've a quick answer: No.
You should use -foreach-.
foreach x of numlist 10(2)20 30 40(1)50 {
...
}
The syntax of -forvalues- is restricted
to a range, precisely as defined in the
help. This is much more restricted than
a numlist.
There was a tutorial on -foreach- and -forvalues-
in Stata Journal 2(2): 202-222 (2002) [although
Executive Editor of the SJ at the time
I did not contrive this bizarre bibliographic
detail].
An earlier version of that tutorial also exists
as slides for a talk on the internet in at least two places.
Nick
[email protected]
Yvonne Capstick
> I've a quick and embarrassingly simple question on forvalues.
>
> I know that you can type forvalues x = 10/20 to get 10, 11, ... 20
> and you can type forvalues x = 10(2)20 to get 10, 12, 14, ... 20
>
> However, can I combine the two? I would like a list 10 12 14
> 16 18 20 30 40
> 41 ... 49 50
>
> and would like to type forvalues x = 10(2)20 30 40/50, but
> this doesn't
> work. I know that I can still do what I want to by having
> three separate
> 'forvalues' loops, but does anyone know of a way in which I
> can combine
> everything into one?
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