Re: st: Loop: matching variables (in order)

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

I don't see your point. Did you try my code?

There is no difference between

tsline y1 || tsline y2

and

tsline y1 y2

Nick
njcoxstata@gmail.com


On 20 November 2013 15:31, Nick Bornschein <nick.bornschein@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, no.
>
> Ich want to produce one graph with 2 lines: tsline `x' || tsline `y' (syntax
> simplified) where x is for example apple and y is apple_m30. So have the
> variables (these and more thats why I need a loop)
>
> x: apple nokia biorad
> y: apple_m30 nokia_m30 biorad_m30
>
> And the graph needs to be (simplified): tsline apple || tsline apple_m30
> then: tsline nokia || tsline nokia_m30
>
> and so on.
>
> And sorry for the double post, got an error message when I wrote first.
>
> -Nick
>
>
>
> Am 20.11.13 16:18, schrieb Nick Cox:
>>
>> The key here, if I understand you correctly,  is that you need one
>> loop, not two.  You are halfway there with your graph names. Also,
>> -tsline- can take a varlist
>>
>> foreach x of varlist apple-biorad {
>>        tsline `x' `x'_m30 if datum >= `=date("01jan2010", "DMY")'
>>        graph export Grafiken/`x'_m30.png, replace
>> }
>>
>> Nick
>> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On 20 November 2013 15:12, Nick Bornschein <nick.bornschein@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have written the following loop, but there is a mistake when
>>> creating the graphs I cannot solve.
>>> First of all, I have an ordered list of x variables and an ordered
>>> list of y variables. I want to create an graph (tsline) with 2 lines,
>>> where I want use the first variable of the x variables and the first
>>> variable of the y variables, then I want to create the next graph with
>>> 2 lines with the second variable of the x variables and the second
>>> variable of the y variables. How can I write that into the loop?
>>>
>>>
>>> foreach x of varlist apple-biorad {
>>>      foreach y of varlist apple_m30-biorad_m30 {
>>>        tsline `x' if datum >= `=date("01jan2010", "DMY")' || tsline `y'
>>> if datum >= `=date("01jan2010", "DMY")'
>>>        graph export Grafiken/`x'_m30.png, replace
>>>      }
>>> }
>>
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