DICT: Stata module to loop over multiple arguments

Daniel Fernandes

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: dict offers the tools to define and loop over dictionaries. A dictionary puts together several lists. It indexes their items according to their position on their respective list. The dict prefix iterates over this index, allowing items of multiple lists to be passed to a loop command at the same time.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 16
Keywords: data management; programming; dictionaries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-09-18, Revised 2021-02-16
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install dict". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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