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Re: st: STATA loop terminating over missing variables


From   Akshay SHanker <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: STATA loop terminating over missing variables
Date   Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:24:50 +1100

Thanks for this, this seems to work. I have an extension to the question, suppose i have the following loop: 
forvalues i =1/49{
forvalues j=1/13{
forvalues k=1/49{
forvalues m =1/13{
capture gen mindiff`i'_`j'__x_`k' = min(capture diff`i'_`j'__`m'_`k')
}
}
}
}

I am trying to get the min of diff for a particular i,j and k over a list of m. Now again not all diff`i'_`j'__`m'_`k' exist, so while the capture allows the loop to keep running, the min function does not work unless all the specified variables exist. Is there any way around this? I could just generate missing vars for every diff`i'_`j'__`m'_`k' but that would be about .5. million vars - not possible. 

Thanks again, this is very helpful!
Akshay


On 2/12/08 1:15 AM, "Nick Cox" <[email protected]> wrote:

> The original question seems backwards. The purpose of the loop as
> written is to create (e.g.) mindiff1_2 from mindiff1 and mindiff_2, so
> that far from being a problem, the prior non-existence of mindiff1_2 is
> expected. Perhaps the questioner meant that some of the
> mindiff1-mindiff15 may not exist, in which case a better syntax is (as
> indicated by Maarten) 
> 
> forval i = 1/15 { 
> forval j = 1/15 { 
> capture gen mindiff`i'_`j' = mindiff`i' - mindiff`j' 
> } 
> } 
>  
> Note correction of typo ``i' to `i'. 
> 
> Nick 
> [email protected] 
> 
> Maarten buis
> 
> --- Akshay SHanker <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I am running the following simple loop which i need some help with:
>> 
>> forvalues i =1/15 {
>> forvalues j=1/15{
>> gen mindiff`i'_`j' = mindiff``i' - mindiff`j' 
>> }
>> }
>> 
>> The problem is that not all combinations of i and j exist , so for
>> example mindiff1_2 may not exist. Everytime the loop goes over such a
>> variable, the loop terminates and thus stops running the loop over
>> all consecutive variables which may exist. How do i stop the loop
>> from terminating? 
> 
> see: -help capture-
> 
> 
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