Thank you to Thomas and Nick.
A "killing"period (.) was responsible for the error Class Type message.
Fernando
"Steichen, Thomas J." wrote:
> Fernando Augusto Proietti writes:
> > I am kind of new to Stata, and have the following question:
> >
> > I wrote a do file. When I try to run it, I am getting a
> > message that "class type not specified". I can not figure out
> > in the manuals, what a class type is.
>
> It would be my guess that Stata is (incorrectly) interpreting
> a mistake in your do file as a class type specifier.
> Most likely you have something in your file of the form:
>
> .xxx.yyy
>
> If so, Stata will think this is a class specifier.
>
> You can read about classes in the [P] manual under entry "class".
>
> Most likely, though, you do not want or need a class specifier.
> If you need help in debugging your do file, include a copy of it
> in another message along with the error messages and a description
> of what you are trying to do and perhaps we can help you.
>
> Tom
>
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