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

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

Thanks much for the suggestion . I can do that, and will probably do it.
But:
1. Is there a documented "end" command in Stata? Typing "help end" 
returns nothing, while "search end" only returns the Mata end statement.
2. If I am "within Mata," shouldn't everything be run in Mata?
Best,
Pablo

Maarten buis wrote:

> --- Pablo Mitnik <pmitnik@ssc.wisc.edu> wrote:
>   
> > This is rather inconvenient when you have a longer code to run in
> > Mata; and I haven't found any explanation in the manuals why the
> > code with "mata" and "end" shouldn't work -- my bet is that this is
> > a bug. 
> >     
> The end command is run in Stata not Mata, so you get the correct error
> message.
>
> The way to do this in a more convenient way is to first create a mata
> function, so within the loop all you need is a single call to Mata.
> This is explained in terms of .ado programming in -help m1_ado-.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
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