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You have a precision issue (see [U], 13.11) from 1.51 onwards, but for the
five files listed in your post, everything goes smoothly for me: I create
the files with the first loop and check for their presence beforehand with
the -dir- command. The second loop then displays "blah blah blah" for the
files containing "SURVEY", and not for the fourth one containing "DATA".
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foreach file in 1.01SURVEY.csv 1.02SURVEY.csv /*
*/ 1.03SURVEY.csv 1.04DATA.csv 1.05SURVEY.csv{
clear*
set obs 1
gen x=1
outsheet using `file', comma replace
}
dir *SURVEY.csv
dir *DATA.csv
forvalues i = 1.01(.01)13.01 {
capture confirm file `i'SURVEY.csv
di in r "`i' " _rc
if _rc==0 {
di in r "blah blah blah"
}
}
*******
HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dorothy Bridges
Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 23:16
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: forvalues loop shuts down when asked to "jump over" certain
values
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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