use control variable when naming a string variable

[cap]

Hello,

I would like to have a for loop where my control variable is used in the name of strings that I define. The documentation mentions how to do this when naming series, but not when defining names for strings.


I have tried the following, but get errors:

for !i = 1 to 3

%stringname_!i = @right(mygroup.@seriesname(!i+1),6)
alpha string_!i = @insert(%stringname_!i,"xyz",2)

next



Thanks in advance,
-cap

[EViews Gareth]

I don't think that is currently possible. You cannot dynamically assign the name of a program variable.

You could try storing the strings as cells in a table rather than in string variables though.

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table a
for !i=1 to 3
a(1,!i) = @right(mygroup.@seriesname(!i+1),6)
%stringname = a(1,!i)
alpha string_!i = @insert(%stringname,"xyz",2)