Using loop for tabout command

[Sonnen Blume]

I am running the following command:

foreach var of varlist ` Age - Region Smoking Alcohol ' {
 
tabout   `variable' using test.txt, append

}

but getting an error:

varlist required
r(100);

Same thing is happening when using the tabulate command alone:

foreach var of varlist ` Age - Region Smoking Alcohol ' {
tabulate `var'
}

Can anyone please help detect the source of the error?

[William Lisowski]

foreach var of varlist Age - Region Smoking Alcohol {
tabout `var' using test.txt, append
}

[Sarah Edgington]

In your first example there are two problems, one is that by enclosing your varlist in single quotes you are treating it as a previously defined macro, which it is not. The other is that you refer to the local macro variable in your loop when what you have specified is var. Try this:

foreach var of varlist Age - Region Smoking Alcohol {
    tabout `var' using test.txt, append
}

[Sonnen Blume]

In your first example there are two problems, one is that by enclosing your varlist in single quotes you are treating it as a previously defined macro, which it is not. The other is that you refer to the local macro variable in your loop when what you have specified is var. Try this:

foreach var of varlist Age - Region Smoking Alcohol {
tabout `var' using test.txt, append
}

Thanks indeed for the clarification.