Hello Ben!
Thanks for your reply. I didn't understand what was the problem with
the strings in r().
1. r() supports string results
2. Mata works with strings
3. There is a function to store string results into an r() -st_strscalar-
It seems that everything should have worked fine. But it didn't.
I was trying to be canonical and put the results where they belong.
And finally this document:
http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?mf_st_global
have resolved the confusion.
I also think that the help for -st_strscalar- and -st_numscalar- could
be a bit more detailed.
Best regards,
Sergiy Radyakin
On 8/26/07, Ben Jann <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't think string scalars can be returned in r(). But this doesn't
> matter because macros can. Your function should be:
>
> void function my_test() {
> st_global("r(my_name)" ,"my_value")
> }
>
> -help mata st_numscalar()- should be more clear about this.
>
> ben
>
> On 8/25/07, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dear Statalisters,
> >
> > I want to return a string among the r() values from a Mata function.
> >
> > According to the manual, the following function is to be used in this case:
> > st_strscalar(string scalar name, string value)
> > (see help st_numscalar)
> >
> > The manual says that "1. All functions allow name to be ... r() scalar
> > such as r(mean)"
> >
> > It does not seem to work however. The following is what happened:
> > **-------------1------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > : mata clear
> > : void function my_test() {
> > > st_strscalar("r(my_name)" ,"my_value")
> > > }
> > : my_test()
> > st_strscalar(): 3300 argument out of range
> > my_test(): - function returned error
> > <istmt>: - function returned error
> > r(3300);
> >
> > As an alternative, I tried to store my string value to a local via st_local:
> > **-------------2------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > : mata clear
> > : void function my_test() {
> > > st_local("r(my_name)" ,"my_value")
> > > }
> > : my_test()
> > _r(my_name) invalid name
> > st_local(): 3300 argument out of range
> > my_test(): - function returned error
> > <istmt>: - function returned error
> > r(3300);
> >
> > Finally, to make sure the problem is related to strings I tried the numbers:
> > **-------------3------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > : mata clear
> > : void function my_test() {
> > > st_numscalar("r(my_name)" ,123)
> > > }
> > : end
> > . mata my_test()
> > . return list
> > scalars:
> > r(my_name) = 123
> > **--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > My question is: does st_strscalar() work as described in the manual? Can
> > anyone provide an example, please?
> >
> > If it does not work or serves a different purpose, what is a way to
> > return strings
> > as r() values from Mata? (I know I can write to local or global
> > macros, this is not
> > an issue here, I want to write to r()).
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Sergiy Radyakin
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