I think this is a mata problem; it also happens if you type an unmatched
quote in a mata session, as in
mata:
"
with or without the colon. But "" is OK. So keep your quotes matched!
Germ�n
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Blasnik
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 4:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Re: mata" crashes Stata
I find the same thing running WinXP Pro sp2 with fully up-to-date Stata 9.1.
Michael Blasnik
----- Original Message -----
From: "German Rodriguez" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: st: mata" crashes Stata
> Dear stata listers,
>
> Be careful not to type mata" when you mean mata: (the keys are next to
> each
> other), as this appears to crash Stata and you may lose your work.
>
> I found the problem on Windows XP running 9.1 born 20 Feb 2006. I
> replicated
> it on another machine (still!) running the 15 Sep 2005 build, so I believe
> the problem is not new.
>
> In case you think the 'OS for dummies' may be at fault here, I found that
> Solaris was only a bit more graceful in telling me I had a mismatched
> quote
> before crashing.
>
> Stata 8.2 says "unrecognized command: mata" and stays happy (but of
> course
> blissfully unaware of the wonders of mata) on both platforms.
>
> Cheers,
> Germ�n
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