Parallel list using word command - but need to extract more than one word

[Arthur Carvalho Brito]

Hi,

I am not an expert in using the word command to help running parallel lists, so maybe someone can help

I have the following global to help me adding notes to graphs:

global ss_model_type_graph_note " " "Leave one out measure " ///
"Restricted sample "

I then run a forloop that involves many steps (not shown), with the ultimate goal of creating a graph:

forvalues k = 1/3{
clear
    
local kname : word `k' of $ss_model_type
local knote: word `k' of $ss_model_type_graph_note

twoway ///
    (scatter coefficient t , mlabel("") msymbol(O) msize(small)) ///
    (rcap lower_bound upper_bound t , lcolor(black) mc(blue)), ///
    note( "`knote'", size(small)) ///
    yline(0) ylabel(, format(%12.2fc) angle(0)) ///
    xlabel(-4(1)7, format(%12.0fc)) ///
    legend(off) ///
    graph export "`kname'.pdf", replace
}

Ultimately k should go further than 3, so I try to add the notes in a single macro and then use the forval loop to change the graph's format accordingly.

This is clearly not working, because each piece of ss_model_type_graph_note has multiple words.

So for the graph in k=1 I get the correct caption - empty. For k=2, it is wrong, it only writes "Leave", for k=3 it only writes "one"

Is there a way to change this for me to get the full sentence for each?

[Andrew Musau]

local brands `""AMC Concord""AMC Pacer""AMC Spirit""Buick Century""Buick Electra""'

tokenize `"`brands'"'

display "`1'"
display "`3'"
display "`5'"

Res.:

. display "`1'"
AMC Concord

. 
. display "`3'"
AMC Spirit

. 
. display "`5'"
Buick Electra

.

[Arthur Carvalho Brito]

Andrew Musau thank you, this is great!