The manual, necessarily, is
structured as a reference,
not a text.
The most systematic way of learning
"intermediate" Stata is through
StataCorp NetCourses.
The StataCorp FAQs codify lots
of tricks.
The first 14 issues of the Stata Journal
included a series of columns called
"Speaking Stata" which cover a variety of
topics. The `= ' business was discussed in
SJ 3(2):185--202 (2003).
Nick
[email protected]
David Kantor
> At 09:59 AM 2/25/2005 -0600, Rajib Doogar wrote:
> >[...]
> >
> >Is there a place where one can read up things like the '=' bit?
> >Sorry if this is too pesky or too general.
> >
> >[...]
>
>
> help local
>
> then, under expansion_optr, you will see,
> =exp
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