Eric wrote:
I have found forvalues to be a huge help & have done things like
forvalues y=1997(1)1999 {
forvalues m = 1(1)12 {
replace amount_`y'_`m' = .....
}
}
But my problem is that I actually have to process the last couple months
of 1996 and the first few months of 2000 as well. So it didn't seem like
I could handle this within the forvalues block & therefore have to treat
those months separately outside these loops. Is there a way to go
through say November 1996 through April 2000 with two forvalues loops?
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You may use -continue- to skip the remaining commands in the current
iteration:
clear
set obs 10
forvalues y=1996(1)2000 {
forvalues m = 1(1)12 {
if `y'==1996 & `m'<11 continue
if `y'==2000 & `m'>4 continue
generate amount_`y'_`m' = 12*`y' + `m' // just to do something
}
}
There may also be some time series procedures relevant to this type of
problems.
Svend
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