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st: RE: Invalid syntax


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: Invalid syntax
Date   Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:13:52 -0000

Zap the commas. 

Commas don't belong in varlists. If they did, 
it would be impossible to distinguish 

. foo bar, bazz 

when "bazz" is another variable 

from 

. foo bar, bazz 

where "bazz" is an option. 

I should have spotted this earlier when 
commenting on it. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Clive Nicholas
 
> Just for your info, I get an 'invalid syntax' error message after
> -egen max=rmax(conpc, labpc, ldmpc, natpc, othpc)-. Not 
> sure why: that
> ought to work. 
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