Re: st: undocumented command *

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

this is a comment; see -help comment-

you might also want to see -help undocumented-

Rich

Eva Poen wrote:
> Today I stumbled upon this neat little command -*-, whose only purpose
> in life seems to be to do nothing at all, and swallow everything
> behind it:
>
> * blah blubb this does not make any sense but Stata doesn't complain,
> surprisingly
>
> (Try typing this in Stata.) I found it while implementing some
> entertaining dots for my exact unconditional test program, in the
> style of -simulate- etc. I examined simulate.ado, and there it was.
> -which *- shows that it officially doesn't exist.
>
> I was wondering if there are more of these "hidden gems", which might
> be useful in programming, but are not only undocumented but also
> invisible for -which-. Any suggestions?
>
> Eva
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