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Re: st: if in loop not working
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Scott Merryman <[email protected]>
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Re: st: if in loop not working
Date
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:17:02 -0500
It would appear that the local macro `s1' has not been defined, so the line:
replace s = `s`t'' if agecat == `t'
evaluates to
replace s = if agecat == `t'
Scott
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Paula Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble with this bit of code and am wondering if anyone can help
> me. The 'if' within the loop if causing the program to stall and I'm getting
> an 'if not found' error.
>
> gen t = 20 if agecat == 1
> replace t = 5 if agecat >= 2 & agecat <= 11
> replace t = 10 if agecat == 12
> gen s = .
> gen r = .
> gen q = .
> gen p = .
>
> qui forvalues t = 1/12 {
> replace s = `s`t'' if agecat == `t'
> replace r = `r`t'' if agecat == `t'
> replace q = `q`t'' if agecat == `t'
> replace p = `p`t'' if agecat == `t'
> }
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