Benoit Dulong
>
> SUPPOSE THAT I WANT TO GENERATE
> 100 NUMBERS FROM A POISSON WITH PARAMETER LAMBDA=25.
> I USE THE SYNTAX:
>
> . clear
> . rndpoi 100 25
>
> AND I GET THE MESSAGE:
>
> rndpoi: ado-file does not define command
> r(162);
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
>
> I USE THE SYNTAX:
>
> . search rc 162
>
> AND GET THE MESSAGE:
>
> [P]
> error . . . . . . . . . . . . . Return code 162
> ado-file does not define command;
> The first program in any ado-file must be named the same as
> the ado-file name. For example, xyz.ado must begin with
> program define xyz. The command you typed has loaded an
> ado-file that violates this rule.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
>
> I COPY AND PASTE THE BEGINNING OF THE FILE rndpoi.ado
> AND GET:
>
> *!version 1.1 1993 Joseph Hilbe, Walter Linde-Zwirble
> (sg44: STB-28)
> * revised 10Mar97 Hilbe with assistance from Guy van Mille
> STB-41 sg44.1
> * Poisson distribution random number generator
> * Example: rndpoi 1000 4 [set obs 1000; 4 is the mean]
>
> program define rndpoi1
> version 3.1
>
> IT SEEMS THAT THE FILE rndpoi.ado CONTAINS A
> PROGRAM (ADO FILE) CALLED rndpoi1.ado (SHOULD BE rndpoi.ado ?).
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
>
> I WANT TO CHECK IF MY PACKAGE IS UP-TO-DATE,
> SO I USE THE SYNTAX:
>
> net install sg44_1.pkg
>
> AND I GET THE MESSAGE:
>
> package installation
>
> package name: sg44_1.pkg
> from: http://www.stata.com/stb/stb41/
>
> checking sg44_1 consistency and verifying not already installed...
> all files already exist and are up-to-date.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
>
> THIS PROGRAM WAS CREATED IN 1993.
> PROBLEMS, IF ANY, WERE REPORTED AND CORRECTED.
> FOR EXAMPLE, rndbin WORKS FINE.
> SO, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPENING TODAY.
This is just a typo, I think (just as in my
last email replying to Benoit, I wrote pecheur when I meant
pecheur...)
In the sg44_1 version, the reference to "rndpoi1"
should indeed be "rndpoi".
Try the version at http://www.stata.com/users/jhilbe
. net from http://www.stata.com/users/jhilbe
Nick
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