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| From | Christopher Baum <kit.baum@bc.edu> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | re: st: For each loop |
| Date | Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:43:54 -0400 |
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forvalues i=2000/2010{sum tobin_q_'i'}
is not valid syntax, in that the { must end the line, and the } must be on its own line. But there is no need to use a loop.
summ tobin_q_*
or
summ tobin_q_20??
will work fine.
Kit
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