Creating a loop to generate variables using common names

[Ari Cast]

I need to generate 24 variables and I'm wondering if there is a way to create a loop that will make it faster and save 48 lines of code. They have the same naming structures, but I'm not sure that's enough to create a loop. I have 21 more variables, all with the same naming structure, to code.

gen acc_star = "*" if acccnt<7
replace acc_star = acc_rank if acccnt>=7
gen fin_star = "*" if fincnt<7
replace fin_star = fin_rank if fincnt>=7
gen rest_star = "*" if restcnt<7
replace rest_star = rest_rank if restcnt>=7

[daniel klein]

Try

foreach stub in acc fin rest ... {
    generate `stub'_star = cond(`stub'cnt < 7, "*", `stub'_rank)
}

Best
Daniel

[FernandoRios]

perhaps something like this:

foreach i in acc fin rest {
   gen `i'_star = "*" if `i'cnt<7
  replace `i'_star = `i'_rank if `i'cnt>=7
}