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Re: st: foreach and levels of string variable
From
Neil Shephard <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: foreach and levels of string variable
Date
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:33:37 +0000
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Paul O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> i have a dataset with results from a number clinical studies of efficacy of emergency contraception and want to test for trend by day's delay in treatment within each study.
>
> using nick cox's FAQ: Is there a way to tell Stata to try all values of a particular variable in a foreach statement without specifying them?
>
> . levelsof study, local(levelstud)
> `"Ashok 2002"' `"Creinin 2006"' `"Ellertson 2003"' `"Fine 2010"' `"Glasier 2010"' `"Hamoda 2004"' `"Ho&Kwan 1993"' `"WHO 19
>> 98"' `"von Hertzen 2002"'
>
> . foreach l of local levelstud {
> 2. ptrend p1 np1 day if study == `l'
> 3. }
> Ashok not found
> r(111);
>
> where am i going wrong?
>
You're missing double quotes around your reference to the local macro
`l'. Try...
foreach l of local levelstud {
ptrend p1 np1 day if study == "`l'"
}
Neil
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