Another slight simplification would be move the -levelsof- outside the
loops.
su group, meanonly
local max = r(max)
levelsof bvd_id_number, local(levels)
forvalues i=1/`max' {
....
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:32 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: Re: Foreach nested in Foreach
>
> A further simplification to your code is
>
> su group, meanonly
> forvalues i=1/`r(max)' {
> levelsof bvd_id_number, local(levels)
> foreach l of local levels {
> forval k = 1/`year_count' {
> replace gamo = gamo + (tax[_`l']-
> tax[_`k'])*ratio_assets[_`k'] ///
> if bvd_id_number==`l'
> }
> }
> }
>
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