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Re: st: Variables loop and deletion under certain conditions


From   Chris Parker <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Variables loop and deletion under certain conditions
Date   Fri, 13 May 2011 01:44:59 +0100

Thanks Eric, I didn't even know about -ds-. That should help me in
some of my analysis.

Chris

Chris Parker

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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Eric Booth <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> <>
>
> Chris could also use -ds- to filter his varlist to string variables only if that is a concern -- but that wasn't a part of the question.
> Further, Daniel's example has an error - it should read:
>
> *****
> foreach varname of varlist v* {
>       cap conf str v `varname'    //fixed
>       if _rc continue
>        if `varname'[5]=="#ERROR" drop `varname'
> }
> *********
> - Eric
>
> __
> Eric A. Booth
> Public Policy Research Institute
> Texas A&M University
> [email protected]
>
> On May 12, 2011, at 12:17 PM, daniel klein wrote:
>
> > Eric already answerd the "why" it does not work. The solution proposed
> > by Chris should work. Erics solution (although it is more an example)
> > can be modified, because it will fail if the loop contains numeric
> > variables. I do not know whether skipping numeric variables will
> > additionally saves some execution time.
> >
> > ---code revised---
> > foreach varname of varlist v*{
> >        cap conf str v `v'
> >        if _rc continue
> >       if `varname'[5]=="#ERROR" drop `varname'
> > }
> > ---end---
> >
> > Best
> > Daniel
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