--- Ronnie Babigumira <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is an error in
>
> local varlist : subinstr varlist " " ", ", all. I am still trying to
> figure it out
yes there is, it should have been:
local varlist : subinstr local varlist " " ", ", all
> One last thing (a typical case of "Now you tell us"), what I would
> eventually like to have something like
>
> list id [upto 5 members of r(varlist)] if mi([upto 5 members of
> r(varlist)])
Ok, what about this:
*-------------------- begin example ----------------------
sysuse nlsw88, clear
nmissing
local varlist "`r(varlist)'"
di "`varlist'"
local k : word count `varlist'
tokenize `varlist'
forvalues i = 1/`k' {
if mod(`i',4) == 1 {
local varl = ""
}
local varl "`varl' ``i''"
if mod(`i',4) == 0 | `i' == `k' {
local varl : list retokenize varl
local cvarl : subinstr local varl " " ", ", all
list idcode `varl' if missing(`cvarl'), clean
}
}
*------------------ end example --------------------------------
(For more on how to use examples I sent to the Statalist, see
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
Hope this helps,
Maarten
-----------------------------------------
Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room Z434
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
-----------------------------------------
__________________________________________________________
Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/