-capture drop x y- is redundant given -clear-.
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: 29 May 2008 18:11
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: Returning a local macro within -simulate- command: Type
mismatch error?
Is this Stata 10? (If you are using an earlier version, you are asked to
state that fact.)
This seems to work for me in Stata 10:
capture program drop TrialProgram
program define TrialProgram
clear
set obs 9000
capture drop x y
drawnorm x y
regress y x
end
simulate _b _se, seed(`c(seed)') noisily reps(30): TrialProgram
Notice that you can cut out the middle macro. There is no need to copy
from c(seed) to a r-class result, as c(seed) remains accessible.
Nick
[email protected]
Rachel
I'm running a simulation and would like to know the state of the
random number generator in each loop. A simplified version of the
program is below. I'm getting the error "Type mismatch r(109)"
apparently as a result of the way I'm returning the local macro
seedinit.
I may be missing something obvious, but I'd appreciate any suggestions
about how to fix this error. Thanks very much.
capture program drop TrialProgram
program define TrialProgram, rclass
clear
set obs 9000
local seedinit1=c(seed)
capture drop x y
drawnorm x y
regress y x
return local seedinit "`seedinit1'"
end
simulate _b _se seedinit=r(seedinit), noisily reps(30): TrialProgram
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