The 8th line should be:
local f = (`y' - 1)/ln(`y')
^^^
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Katsuhide Isa
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 8:11 AM
> To: Statalist
> Subject: st: odd behavior in ado file
>
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I wrote the following simple ado file.
>
> /*----------myboxcox.ado----------*/
> program define myboxcox
> version 7
> local y = exp(`1')
> if `y' == 1 {
> di in gr "f = " 1
> }
> else {
> local f = (`y' - 1)/ln(`1')
> di in gr "f = " "`f'"
> }
> end
> /*----------myboxcox.ado----------*/
>
> It works well all in all. But it sometimes shows an odd
> behavior.
> More specifically, when typed - myboxcox 1 - (namely, setting
> the argument as 1), the result is ". "(missing?), not 1.7182818
> (=(exp(1) - 1)/ln(exp(1))).
>
> When directly typed in the command line as
> - di (exp(1) - 1)/ln(exp(1)) -, the result is 1.7182818,
> which is just as it should be.
>
> I don't see why such a phenomenon occurs.
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> K.I.
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