Daniel Muller
>
> I have a (part of a) small program, where I create
> -tempvar-s. However,
> the -save- keeps these temporary variables in the saved
> file. What am I
> missing here?
>
> ---------------
> prog def spatsam
> version 8.0
> syntax , Gap(int) Xc(str) Yc(str) SAVing(str) REPLACE
> preserve
> tempvar x y
> gen `x'=`xc'/`gap'
> gen `y'=`yc'/`gap'
> keep if `x'==int(`x') & `y'==int(`y')
> save `saving', `replace'
> restore
> end
> ---------------
Your title should be, I guess, not dropped
before -save-.
Temporary variables persist for the lifetime
of a program or until you -drop- them.
Hence you need to -drop- before you -save-.
Alternatively, as presumably -xc- and -yc- are
really variable names
prog spatsam
version 8.0
syntax , Gap(int) Xc(varname) Yc(varname) SAVing(str) REPLACE
preserve
keep if (`xc'/`gap')==int(`xc'/`gap') &
(`yc'/`gap')==int(`yc'/`gap')
save `saving', `replace'
restore
end
Nick
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