--- "Visintainer, Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:
> When automatically submitted, the profile.do file does not appear to
> run the last line of the program unless there is a carriage return
> after the last line. When the program is manually executed (from the
> editor), the last line is executed.
>
> I also tried this with regular .do program. If the .do file is
> executed from the command window, it won't run the last line unless
> there is a carriage return.
>
> Can anyone replicate this?
Yes, this known behaviour. I always end my do-files with the -exit-
command. If I forget the last return than -exit- won't be executed
(which is no problem) and if I don't forget the last return than exit
ends the execution of the .do file.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room Z434
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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