UltraEdit is beyond my ken.
On 2), do files can have arguments. Here is a simple example:
----------------------------------- classic.do
regress `1' `2'
tempvar pred
predict `pred'
scatter `1' `pred', xti(predicted)
----------------------------------
----------------------------------- diego.do
args y x
regress `y' `x'
tempvar pred
predict `pred'
scatter `y' `pred', xti(predicted)
----------------------------------
Diego can call these by
sysuse auto, clear
do classic mpg weight
do diego mpg weight
The mapping of arguments is (classically)
first argument -> `1'
second argument -> `2'
(guess what follows)
but a simple call to -args- means you
can set up your own more meaningful names.
But this is all standard stuff; Diego and others
interested should now study [U] 16 and esp. [U]
16.6.1 as it is all in The Fine Manual, including
-args-.
I ignored the idea of interaction with the program
in the sense of the program asking a question. You
can do it, as documented at [P] display or in
the corresponding help, but it's not Stataish.
(Nor is the spelling "STATA", twenty-something years
out of date.)
Nick
[email protected]
Diego Bellavia
> I am working on the fine-tuning of some .do files I
> have prepared for diagnostics in regression analysis
> (simple regression so far), and i have some questions
> about that:
>
> 1) I integrated UltraEdit and STATA as kindly reported
> by Nick Cox.
<zap>
>
> 2) The scripts I have prepared are very simple and
> work pretty fine, but I have to edit them everytime I
> change the outcome and predictor(s) of the model.
> Would it be possible to have some interaction with the
> script itself ? In simple words, I would like to
> modify the script so that would be STATA to ask me
> what are the outcome (y) and predictor(s) (x or x1 x2
> x3...) and run the script consequently. Is there a way
> to create such an interaction with the program ?
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