I have a list of files with similar names, for example:
- 2002_file
- 2003_file
- 2004_file
I am going to run a simple script:
foreach year in 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 {
use "$input\`year'_file.dta ", clear
keep v1 v2 v3
tab v1, gen (v1_dummy)
gen year = 'x'
save "$output\`year'_newfile.dta ", replace
}
However, I would like for one of the files to be created the respective year variable.
How can I add a variable year = 'year'
?