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Re: st: foreach with string
From
"Fabian Schönenberger" <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: foreach with string
Date
Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:44:46 +0200
Dear Daniel
Unfortunately, still the same error message:
. levelsof SIZEBM,local(levels)
`"BH"' `"BL"' `"BM"' `"SH"' `"SL"' `"SM"'
. foreach l of local levels {
2. egen meanwreturn_`l'=wtmean(trt1m) if SIZEBM=="`l'",weight(size) by(datemt)
3. }
BH not found
Other ideas?
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 19:36:47 +0200
> Von: daniel klein <[email protected]>
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: st: foreach with string
> Fabian,
>
> change
>
> egen meanwreturn_`l'=wtmean(trt1m) if SIZEBM==`l',weight(size) by(datemt)
>
> to read
>
> egen meanwreturn_`l'=wtmean(trt1m) if SIZEBM=="`l'",weight(size)
> by(datemt)
>
> Best
> Daniel
>
> --
> Dear Statalist
>
> I have problems with the following commands:
>
> levelsof SIZEBM,local(levels)
> `"BH"' `"BL"' `"BM"' `"SH"' `"SL"' `"SM"'
>
> foreach l of local levels {
> egen meanwreturn_`l'=wtmean(trt1m) if SIZEBM==`l',weight(size) by(datemt)
> }
>
> BH not found
> r(111);
>
> wtmean is from SSC (David Kantor) to generate weighted mean. SIZEBM is
> a string variable. The aim is to calculate the size-weighted return
> for the different portfolios SIZEBM.
>
> Any suggestions?
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