st: RE: RE: -foreach- syntax

["Nick Cox" <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

The code below was too hasty. 

foreach x of var lcq?y???? {
 	local d : subinstr local x "lc" "dol" 
	local r : subinstr local x "lc" "ratio" 
  	gen `r' = `x' / `d'
}

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 

Nick Cox
> 
> foreach x of var lcq?y???? {
> 	local d : subinstr local x "lc" "dol" 
>  	gen ratio`x'=lc`x'/dol`x'
> }
> 

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