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st: R: strange foreach loop result
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"Carlo Lazzaro" <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: R: strange foreach loop result
Date
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:34:12 +0100
Dear David,
your code works perfectly for me (Stata 9/2.SE):
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drop _all
set obs 10
g slope=uniform()
g lower=uniform()
g upper = uniform()
g ed50=uniform()
g Carlo=uniform()
save "C:\Documents and Settings\carlo\Desktop\David.dta", replace
file C:\Documents and Settings\carlo\Desktop\ David.dta saved
use "C:\Documents and Settings\carlo\Desktop\ David.dta", clear
keep slope lower upper ed50
foreach var of varlist slope lower upper ed50 {
if `var' == slope local myvar 1
if `var' == lower local myvar 2
if `var' == upper local myvar 3
if `var' == ed50 local myvar 4
display "`var'", "`myvar'"
}
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Produces:
slope 1
lower 2
upper 3
ed50 4
Sorry I cannot be more helpful.
Kind Regards,
Carlo
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] Per conto di Airey, David C
Inviato: mercoledì 15 dicembre 2010 17.40
A: [email protected]
Oggetto: st: strange foreach loop result
.
I'm getting a really strange foreach loop result I don't understand.
In the first code snippet on fictitious data, I get what I want. In the
second code snippit on the real data I get a strange result for when the
condition:
if `var' == slope local myvar 1
is evaluated when `var' is slope. It produces the result myvar==4, when it
should return myvar==1.
Anyone have a clue where my error is?
clear
set obs 10
gen a = 1
gen b = 2
gen c = 3
gen d = 4
foreach var of varlist a b c d {
if `var' == a local myvar 1
if `var' == b local myvar 2
if `var' == c local myvar 3
if `var' == d local myvar 4
display "`var'", "`myvar'"
}
produces:
a 1
b 2
c 3
d 4
use result_pilot.dta, clear
keep slope lower upper ed50
foreach var of varlist slope lower upper ed50 {
if `var' == slope local myvar 1
if `var' == lower local myvar 2
if `var' == upper local myvar 3
if `var' == ed50 local myvar 4
display "`var'", "`myvar'"
}
produces:
slope 4 <--weird, should be slope 1
lower 2
upper 3
ed50 4
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