for loop windsorising

[met]

Hi there,

What is my error in the following for loop?

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for %y db_09 sg_09 hr_09 series w(%y) = @recode(%y>@quantile(%y,.995),@quantile(%y,.995),@recode(%y<@quantile(%y,.005),@quantile(%y,.005),%y)) next

I get the error message "Can not assign string expression to numeric variable". How do I assign the values of the series?

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series wdb_09 = @recode(db_09>@quantile(db_09,.995),@quantile(db_09,.995),@recode(db_09<@quantile(db_09,.005),@quantile(db_09,.005),db_09))

Thanks, so much!

[EViews Gareth]

Where ever you have %y on the right hand side, replace it with {%y}.

[met]

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for %y db_09 sg_09 hr_09 series w(%y) = @recode({%y}>@quantile({%y},.995),@quantile({%y},.995),@recode({%y}<@quantile({%y},.005),@quantile({%y},.005),{%y})) next

I get the same error message! Working in Eviews 6!

[EViews Gareth]

Replace the (%y) you have on the left hand side with {%y}.

[met]

Works fine now! thanks Gareth