Re: st: Adding a suffix to variables in a local macro

["G. Anderson" <ga274@cam.ac.uk>]

Works well- thanks a lot!


On Jun 9 2013, Nick Cox wrote:

> You appear to have missed the -unab- route
>
> unab my98 : *98
> Nick
> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>
>
> On 9 June 2013 18:16, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You are correct, but there is a simple fix
> >
> > local commod2 `commod2'98
> >
> > A more systematic approach is
> >
> > local commod2
> > foreach w of local commod {
> >              local commod2 `commod2' `w'98
> > }
> >
> >
> > Nick
> > njcoxstata@gmail.com
> >
> >
> > On 9 June 2013 18:12, G. Anderson <ga274@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > > Thanks a lot Nick.
> > >
> > > That seems to almost work, but leaves the last variable in the initial 
> > > list commod unchanged:
> > >
> > > So I get something like tea98 coffee98 sugar98 wheat for commod2. Have 
> > > tried this with a few different variables and always seems to skip the 
> > > last one.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Gareth
> > >
> > > On Jun 9 2013, Nick Cox wrote:
> > >
> > > > local commod2 : subinstr local commod " " "98 ", all
> > > >
> > > > local commod3 : subinstr local commod2 "98" "99", all
> > > >
> > > > Such trickery in this kind of context is also documented at 
> > > > http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data-management/problems-with-reshape/ 
> > > > -- not that I expect anyone apart from me to know or remember that.
> > > >
> > > > Search for "unab" in that FAQ.
> > > >
> > > > Nick
> > > > njcoxstata@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > On 9 June 2013 17:37, G. Anderson <ga274@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > > > > I have a large list of variables, from which I have created a local
> > > > > macro:
> > > > >
> > > > > local commod tea coffee sugar wheat I also have variables in my data 
> > > > > set, which refer to specific years, so I have variables tea98, 
> > > > > coffee98, sugar98, wheat98 etc
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to create a local macro referring to each year, so:
> > > > >
> > > > > local commod98 tea98 coffee98 sugar98 wheat98
> > > > >
> > > > > local commod99 tea99 coffee99 sugar99 wheat 99
> > > > >
> > > > > etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a way to do this, referring to local commod and adding the 
> > > > > the suffix "98" "99" etc?
> > > >
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