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st: forvalues loop shuts down when asked to "jump over" certain values


From   Dorothy Bridges <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: forvalues loop shuts down when asked to "jump over" certain values
Date   Thu, 7 Jan 2010 17:16:12 -0500

Hi everyone,

I have a forvalues loop along the following lines:

forvalues i = 1.01(.01)13.01 {
capture confirm file `i'SURVEY.csv
if _rc==0 {
blah blah blah
}
}

My list of files is along the lines of:

1.01SURVEY.csv
1.02SURVEY.csv
1.03SURVEY.csv
1.04DATA.csv
1.05SURVEY.csv.

The loop works perfectly for the first three files, then stops when it
gets to 1.04DATA ... I want it to go on to 1.05SURVEY.  I attempted to
solve this problem with the capture confirm line, but no luck.  I
think I need another expression along the lines of, "if _rc~=0,
(continue the loop)".

Many thanks,
Dorothy
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