Thanks Richard Williams
The new xtile2 is:
*! 1.0.1 ZWang 1Jun1999
program define xtile2
version 7
_parsewt "aw fw pw" `0'
local 0 "`s(newcmd)'"
local wt "`s(weight)'"
syntax newvarname =exp [if] [in], by(varlist) /*
*/ [Nquantiles(string) ALTdef ]
token "`0'", pars(" =")
tempvar x touse group tile
mark `touse' `wt' `if' `in'
markout `touse' `by'
qui gen double `x' `exp' if `touse'
qui egen `group'= group(`by') if `touse'
qui sum `group'
local ngr=r(max)
/*if "`nquantiles'"!=""{local nq "n(`nquantiles')"}*/
/* Change this line Stata7 to Stata8*/
if "`nquantiles'"!=""{
local nq "n(`nquantiles')"
}
local i=1
qui {
gen `1'=.
while `i'<=`ngr'{
xtile `tile'=`x' `wt' if `group'==`i', `nq' `altdef'
replace `1'=`tile' if `group'==`i'
drop `tile'
local i=`i'+1
}
}
end
At 15:41 05/04/2004, you wrote:
At 03:20 PM 4/5/2004 +0200, Xavi Barber wrote:
Dear statalisters:
I use a xtile2 command:
xtile2 ttt=lnkcal if edad3c<998, nq(4) by(sexo1 edad3c)
bur stata say:
program error: matching close brace not found
Can You help me?
The program is missing a version command, and as a result syntax changes
in Stata 8 screw it up. Edit xtile2.ado and add the following immediately
after the program define line:
version 7
Either that, or change this line to be Stata 8 compliant:
if "`nquantiles'"!=""{local nq "n(`nquantiles')"}
I think you change it to
if "`nquantiles'"!=""{
local nq "n(`nquantiles')"
}
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