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Re: st: Use matrix for save results of looping


From   Gonzalo DURAN SANHUEZA <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Use matrix for save results of looping
Date   Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:59:08 -0300

Thanks you very much, the code runs perfect

G


On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Various fixes to your code are included here.
>
> clear all
> set mem 800m
> global path "E:/data/ENE"
> global pathdo "C:/gonzalo/"
> cd "${path}"
> local bases ond1996 ond1997
> local nbases : word count `bases'
> matrix P = J(`nbases',1,.)
> matrix rowname P = `bases'
> matrix colname P = Junior
>
> local i = 1
> foreach base of local bases {
>         use `base', clear
>         summ p12_2 if p12_2>48
>         local hora=r(sum_w)
>         summ estado if estado==1
>         matrix P[`i',1] = `hora'/r(sum_w)*100
>         local ++i
> }
>
> matrix list P, format(%2.1f)
>
> Main points:
>
> 1. You should set up a matrix of the right size first, then fill in
> its results.
>
> 2. I guess that you want display to 1 decimal place, but
> -round(<whatever>, 0.1)- cannot produce that reliably for reasons
> explained in many places under the heading "precision". See e.g. Bill
> Gould's blog posts on precision at blog.stata.com
>
> 3. For export, see -mat2txt- from SSC.
>
> Secondary points:
>
> 4. Forward slashes are safer, even under Windows.
>
> SJ-8-3  pr0042  . . . . . . .  Stata tip 65: Beware the backstabbing backslash
>         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
>         Q3/08   SJ 8(3):446--447                                 (no commands)
>         tip to use forward slash instead of backslash for
>         directory and file names
>
> 5. Don't evaluate macros when you don't need to.
>
> SJ-8-4  pr0045  . . . . . . . . Stata tip 70: Beware the evaluating equal sign
>         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
>         Q4/08   SJ 8(4):586--587                                 (no commands)
>         tip explaining the pitfall of losing content in a macro
>         because of limits on the length of string expressions
>
> 6. Various simplifications included in the code above.
>
> Nick
>
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Gonzalo DURAN SANHUEZA <[email protected]> wrote:
>> by each database, I want save one scalar in a
>> unique matrix. I use a foreach command for load each database. The
>> problem with my instruction is that only retrieves the scalar for the
>> latest database. I need two things: 1) a unique matrix that retrieves
>> the scalars defined in all the loop and 2) if exist some instruction
>> for   export the matrix into a csv file. Thanks
>>
>> This is the do
>>
>> clear all
>> set mem 800m
>> global path="E:\data\ENE"
>> global pathdo="C:\gonzalo\"
>> cd "${path}"
>> local bases ond1996 ond1997
>>
>> foreach base of local bases {
>>    if "`base'"=="ond1996" {
>>       use ond1996, clear
>>    }
>>    if "`base'"=="ond1997" {
>>       use ond1997, clear
>>    }
>> summ p12_2 if p12_2>48
>> local hora=r(sum_w)
>> summ estado if estado==1
>> scalar k=round(`hora'/r(sum_w)*100, .1)
>> matrix define P=(k)
>> matrix rowname P=`base'
>> matrix colname P=Junior
>> matrix list P
>> }
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