Foreach and gen ? Help please

[Pamela Serda]

Hi, I was wondering if is possible making a loop to fill a serie, for example:
set obs 10
foreach x in "Enero" "Febrero" "Marzo"{
gen mes_`x'=`x'
}
And get
mes_Enero filled with all the observations with Enero
mes_Febrero filled with all the observations with Febrero
the same with "Marzo"
Name the series is possible, the problem is about the observations.
Really need the help
Thank u

[Clyde Schechter]

So the problem is that you have quotes where you don't need them and you don't have them where you do need them.

clear
set obs 10
foreach x in Enero Febrero Marzo {
    gen mes_`x'="`x'"
}

In the future, when posting code, please enclose it between code delimiters to maximize readability and preserve alignment, as I have done here. If you are not familiar with code delimiters, please see Forum FAQ #12 for details.

Added: It's usually not a good idea to create variables and then fill them in with a constant value. Such things are usually better stored as scalars or local macros. Why are you doing this?