Re: st: RE: Saving 1 observation

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 07:25 PM 5/28/2008, Peter J. Burke wrote:
> Sergiy,
>         Check out the ado file -savin- (findit savin)
>
> STB-22  dm23  . . . . . . . . . . . .  Saving a subset of the current data
> set
>         (help savin if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  D.
> Mabb
>         11/94   p.6; STB Reprints Vol 4, pp.31--32
>         save subset of the current dataset
> Peter
Looks like a handy little command.  But while it saves some typing, I 
bet it doesn't save that much time, because the routine itself uses 
preserve.  Here is the code in its entirety:

*! savin -- save a subset of the current data set       (dm23: STB-22)
*! version 1.0     David Mabb     October 12, 1994
program define savin
version 3.1
quietly {
        local varlist "opt ex"
        local if "opt pre"
        local in "opt pre"
        local using "req nopre"
        local options "noLabel REPLACE"
        parse "`*'"
        preserve
        if "`if'`in'"!="" { keep `if' `in' }
        keep `varlist'
}
        save `using', `replace'
end



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