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Re: st: nested foreach loops using the values in the respective order
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: nested foreach loops using the values in the respective order
Date
Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:09:39 +0100
This is one loop over three pairs, if I understand you correctly:
forval k = 1/3 {
local i : word `k' of 390 121 42
local j : word `k' of 0.5 0.3 0.2
}
Some discussion in
SJ-3-2 pr0009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata: Problems with lists
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
Q2/03 SJ 3(2):185--202 (no commands)
discusses ways of working through lists held in macros
SJ-3-2 pr0009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata: Problems with lists
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
Q2/03 SJ 3(2):185--202 (no commands)
discusses ways of working through lists held in macros
Nick
[email protected]
On 16 July 2013 22:55, Ariel Linden, DrPH <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi fellow listers,
>
> This is likely to be a simple problem, but I can't seem to figure this one
> out..
>
> I have a nested loop where I'd like the code to loop over each pair of
> values in the first and second foreach loop respectively. So in the example
> below, I'd like there to be only three total loops, with the first paired
> values = 390, 0.50, the second paired values = 121, 0.30, and the third
> paired values = 42, 0.20. This should terminate the looping.
>
> However, I get the array of values as displayed below...
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Ariel
>
> **** code****
>
> foreach i of numlist 390 121 42 {
> foreach j of numlist 0.50 0.30 0.20 {
> display "`i',`j'"
> }
> }
> **** end code
>
>
> ***output***
> 390,.5
> 390,.3
> 390,.2
> 121,.5
> 121,.3
> 121,.2
> 42,.5
> 42,.3
> 42,.2
>
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