Can you put a Next inside a If condition?

[abossie]

I am getting a "next found outside of loop or IF statement" error. Not sure if I am just missing something or if I cant do this. i want to do something like this:

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for %v x y z scalar old_error=@errorcount var var_base.ls 1 4 gdp {%v} scalar new_error=@errorcount if new_error>old_error then next endif var_base.svar(amatrix=something, bmatrix=something_else} next

My code is more complicated, as I have several for loops that need to be "NEXTed" if the var produces a near singular matrix.

[EViews Gareth]

Unfortunately not, no.

You can't have the next statement be conditional.

[startz]

Try something like

if not(new_error>old_error) then
var_base.svar(amatrix=something, bmatrix=something_else}
endif

next

[abossie]

This does not seem to work.

Try something like

if not(new_error>old_error) then
var_base.svar(amatrix=something, bmatrix=something_else}
endif

next

[startz]

What happens?

[abossie]

I get the same error message as above.

[startz]

Hmmm, could you post your new code.

[abossie]

I take it back. It works in the simple version above, so I assume the problem with my program is elsewhere. Anyway I realized I need a marker for when I cannot run a VAR so I have solved this problem by making it an if/else condition.

Thanks for the help.