--- [email protected] wrote:
> capture program drop problem
> program problem
> version 10
> syntax [varlist], a(integer) b(real) c(real) d(real) e(real) ///
> f(real) g(integer) h(integer) [i(integer)]
<snip>
> The following error shows up:
>
> invalid syntax
> r(197);
If you make the option -i()- optional you have to specify a default
value, so instead of your syntax command you need to write:
syntax [varlist], a(integer) b(real) c(real) d(real) e(real) ///
f(real) g(integer) h(integer) [i(integer 5)]
if you want the default to be 5.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
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http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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