st: re: novice question about programs and Mata

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

capture program drop MyLittleProgram
mata: mata clear
program define MyLittleProgram
	args one two
	mata: venable()
	end

mata:	
void function venable()
{
		one = st_local("one")
		one
		two = st_local("two")
		two
}
	end	

MyLittleProgram test one


Within Mata, you do not dereference the local macro. You merely pass  
its quoted name to the st_local function.

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html


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