Re: st: if ... the lot of them

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

I presume you have this in a program or a do-file; if so, then note that 
macro 1 is the first thing after the file name

for example, say you have all this in a do-file called da1.do

then you do (or run) this as "do da1"

if instead you "do da1 #" (where # is a number such as 1 or 3 or ...
and change all duration==1 statement to duration==`1', then Stata will 
change your `1' to whatever # is as you run this

hope this helps,

Rich

Paul O'Brien wrote:

> i have a sequence of commands, each of which has included: duration==1.
>
> such as:
> list r1 se1 r2 se2 if duration==1 & outcome =="pregnancy" &num==1
> metan logrr selogrr if num==1 &outcome=="pregnancy" &duration==1, fixed 
> eform nograph
> swapval iud1 iud2 if duration=1 &num==1
> ...
>
> i need to change the duration frequently and have to change all the 
> commands each time.
>
> is there a way to put all the commands together so i can change the 
> duration just once every time i run the sequence?
>
> i have looked at foreach and forvalues.
>
> thanks
>
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