Hello,
I'm trying to do something for several files, using a loop. But somehow, it
doesn't work and the error message "invalid file specification" doesn't
really help.
#delimit;
forvalues x=1/4 {;
if `x'==1 {local bestand="parsed_cfd.txt"; local zk="cfd";};
if `x'==2 {local bestand="parsed_qds.txt"; local zk="qds";};
if `x'==3 {local bestand="parsed_vfd.txt"; local zk="vfd";};
if `x'==4 {local bestand="parsed_tsa.txt"; local zk="tsa";};
#delimit;
clear;
/* Inlezen */
insheet a b c d e using "`bestand'", tab;
[some more commands]
};
The complaint comes from insheet (invalid file specification, r(198)), but I
don't see why. I hope someone can help me as r(198) "syntax error" is not
really helpful.
Thanks already, best regards,
-Hendri.
PS: Why can't stata say what code it didn't like and why?
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Hendri Adriaens
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Tilburg University
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