st: Using Mata within a foreach loop = r(1)

[Pablo Mitnik <pmitnik@ssc.wisc.edu>]

Dear all,

When I try to do stuff in Mata within a loop, in a do file, I receive 
the following error message:

--Break--
r(1);

end of do-file

--Break--
r(1);

I looked up r(1), and it says:

[P]     error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Return 
code 1
       You pressed Break.  This is not considered an error.

(Of course, I don't press break while the loop is executing.)

The following very simple loop reproduces the error I get

foreach i in 1 2 {
mata:
A=1,2
A
mata clear
end
}

Any clue about what my mistake is?

All best,

Pablo Mitnik

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Pablo A. Mitnik
University of Wisconsin-Madison (http://www.wisc.edu/ )
Department of Sociology ( http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc/)
Center on Wisconsin Strategy (http://www.cows.org/ )
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E-mail: pmitnik@ssc.wisc.edu 

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