You can't -post- a whole matrix in this way. -post-
is essentially to be used within a loop; each
time round the loop you write another line --
another observation -- into the file. In
[P] postfile there's an example in which
a mean and a sd are posted.
I am not clear how your problem differs from
wanting a series of tables, in which
case the easiest approach is to loop
over variables and record the results
in a log file.
Nick
[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> [email protected]
> Sent: 20 May 2004 16:11
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Using postfile
>
>
> I am struggling with a short programme to create a file of different
> cross-tabulations. Here's the program and the corresponding
> output using
> auto.dta
>
> program hrh
> version 8.0
> tempname sim
> postfile `sim' str20 matcell using results, replace
> tab `1' `2', matcell(matcell)
> post `sim' (matcell)
> postclose `sim'
> end
> **************************************************************
> *************
>
> sysuse auto
> hrh rep78 fore
> Repair |
> Record | Car type
> 1978 | Domestic Foreign | Total
> -----------+----------------------+----------
> 1 | 2 0 | 2
> 2 | 8 0 | 8
> 3 | 27 3 | 30
> 4 | 9 9 | 18
> 5 | 2 9 | 11
> -----------+----------------------+----------
> Total | 48 21 | 69
>
> type mismatch
> post: above message corresponds to expression 1, variable matcell
> r(109);
>
>
> I would greatly appreciate any help to what is going wrong!!
> Also what must
> I add to an ado program to make a running session of stata
> acknowledge the
> modifications I am making.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Amani
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: 20 May 2004 16:47
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: Re: RE: Random number seed
>
> That's correct. I overlooked the importance of doing in it in
> batch mode. It
> follows that you must change the seed within your do file.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Subhankar
> > Nayak
> > Sent: 20 May 2004 15:41
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: st: Re: RE: Random number seed
> >
> >
> > You are right.
> > Once I open stata and generate random numbers, the seed keeps on
> > changing and it is completely randomized.
> >
> > But since the program is long, I am running it without
> opening stata.
> > I am running it in the batch mode giving the command
> >
> > stata -b do market.do
> >
> > This program opens stata each time and hence gets the same seed and
> > the same set of random numbers each time.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Subh
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:24 AM
> > Subject: st: RE: Random number seed
> >
> >
> > > Your premise is false. Just because
> > > the seed remains the same does not
> > > imply identical samples (of a given size).
> > > Conversely, explicitly setting the seed to the same
> number as before
> > > the last call does ensure an identical sample.
> > >
> > > However, you can indeed change the seed easily.
> > >
> > > . search seed
> > >
> > > points to ways of doing this.
> > >
> > > More generally, there is a great
> > > deal of help on-line, which will
> > > save you time.
> > >
> > > Nick
> > > [email protected]
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> > Subhankar
> > > > Nayak
> > > > Sent: 20 May 2004 15:16
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: st: Random number seed
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Can the stata random number seed be itself randomized?
> > > >
> > > > I am running a program called "market.do" in the batch
> > mode without
> > > > invoking/opening stata. This program carries out an
> analysis based
> > > > on a set of 1,000 uniform random numbers it generates.
> > > >
> > > > However, since the random seed is always the same
> > everytime I run the
> > > > program in batch mode, I get the same set of 1,000
> random numbers
> > > > each time I run this program in batch mode. Results are
> identical
> > > > which defeats the purpose.
> > >
> > > *
> > > * For searches and help try:
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> > > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> > > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
> > >
> >
> >
> > *
> > * For searches and help try:
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> > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
> >
>
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