Try
local PrivIssuer `""Finance vehicle-Priv sectorbank/finance" "Finance
vehicle-Priv sector indust/util""'
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Sutton, Bennett W. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Seems that stata 10 is having a problem reading the first element of my
> local with embedded spaces:
>
>
> . local PrivIssuer "Finance vehicle-Priv sector
> bank/finance" "Finance vehicle-Priv sector indust/util" /*
> > */ "Private Other" "Private sector bank"
> "Private sector finance" "Private sector industrial" /*
> > */ "Private sector utility"
>
> . foreach type of local PrivIssuer {
> 2. display "`type'"
> 3. replace issuertype2 = 1 if issuertype ==
> `"`type'"'
> 4. }
> Finance
> (0 real changes made)
> vehicle-Priv
> (0 real changes made)
> sector
> (0 real changes made)
> bank/finance
> (0 real changes made)
> Finance vehicle-Priv sector indust/util
> (102 real changes made)
> Private Other
> (3 real changes made)
> Private sector bank
> (1178 real changes made)
> Private sector finance
> (307 real changes made)
> Private sector industrial
> (723 real changes made)
> Private sector utility
> (197 real changes made)
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben Sutton
> International Monetary Fund
>
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