When I try
. tsset empresa ao
stata say
varlist: empresa: string variable not allowed
I have tried with destring command but I don`t know why the data are still
string
Someone can help me with this
Thanks a lot
-----Original Message-----
From: "Michael S. Hanson" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:01:34 -0400
Subject: Re: st: superposed rolled windows
> On Jun 27, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Jeph Herrin wrote:
>
> > Never mind, I figured out "F". Funny that it isn't even
> > mentioned on the time series functions page.
>
> That may be because it technically is not a function: it's an
> operator. See -help tsvarlist-.
>
> I would agree that this information is not the easiest thing to find
> if you aren't certain what you are looking for: -hsearch time series
> operators- (in Stata 9.2 or later) returns -tsvarlist- as the second
> link, while -hsearch time series functions- doesn't give -tsvarlist-
> until the 78th entry on my machine -- long after most people would
> give up searching, I suspect.
>
> I have observed over time (small pun intended) that many people
> think of L., F., D., and S. as functions instead of operators, and
> thus have trouble tracking down the information they need. Note that
> in -help time- it does say, "See -varlist- for a table of time-series
> operators," but that sentence apparently is easy to miss. Perhaps an
> explicit mention of -tsvarlist- under "Data management tools and time-
> series operators" on the -help time- page would, well, help. A link
> to -tsvarlist- in the Description paragraph of -help
> time_series_operators- similarly might mitigate some of this
> confusion. HTH.
>
> -- Mike
>
>
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