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From | R Zhang <r05zhang@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | st: local macro |
Date | Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:53:40 -0500 |
Dear all, this might be a rudimentary question, I saw the following code on UCLA stata cite http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/faq/doublewide.htm ********************************* input d1t1 d1t2 d1t3 d2t1 d2t2 d2t3 d3t1 d3t2 d3t3 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 7 8 3 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 5 end generate id = _n foreach v of varlist d1t1 d1t2 d1t3 d2t1 d2t2 d2t3 d3t1 d3t2 d3t3 { rename `v' y`i' local i = `i' + 1 } ********************************* my question is: is the i initialized to 0 (default), I ask because the output is y y1 y2 y3 y4 y5 y6 y7 y8 id 1. 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 7 8 1 2. 3 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 5 2 thanks ! Rochelle * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/