Re: st: running do files from unix -- can we pass values to thedo file?

[Pablo Mitnik <pmitnik@ssc.wisc.edu>]

Thanks much!!!!

Richard Williams wrote:
> At 11:37 AM 2/18/2006, Pablo Mitnik wrote:
>
> > An elegant and efficient alternative would be to be able to pass the 
> > values of the locals to the do file when running it, something like:
> >
> > stata -b do dofile localvalue1 localvalue2 &
> >
> > Of course, this cannot be done this way.
> Come to think of it, you don't even need the -args- command.  Just 
> have your do file be something like this:
>
> use "http://www.indiana.edu/~jslsoc/stata/spex_data/ordwarm2.dta";
> ologit warm `1' `2', nolog
>
> i.e. refer to the parameters as `1', `2', etc.
>
> If there were inconsistencies across runs, e.g. sometimes the number 
> or type of parameters would be different - check out the -syntax- 
> command, as it gives you more flexibility if you need it.
>
>
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