Paul,
please always include where you got user written commands from when
posting to the list. The -swapval- I found is by Nick Cox and can be
found on ssc. Note that -swapval-'s [in] syntax is non-standard.
Now, I'm not sure what you want to achieve with your if statement.
Your syntax reads
syntax [if]
but then you don't make use of `if' anywhere in your program. Later
you test it with
local s=1
swap if `s' ==1
However, this is not going to work for two reasons:
a) you didn't make use of `if' in your program;
b) `s' is a local and not a variable. (You are confusing the if
qualifier with the -if- programming command).
So, here is a solution:
program swap
version 10
syntax [if]
swapval iud1 iud2 `if'
swapval r1 r2 `if'
swapval se1 se2 `if'
end
Test it:
gen x = uniform()
swap if x > 0.5
If you want to use the -if- programming command:
local s = 1
if `s' == 1 {
swap
}
HTH,
Eva
2008/10/9 Paul O'Brien <[email protected]>:
> i have a small program to temporarily swap variables using swapval. but i
> cannot get the 'if' to work.
>
> program swap
> // used to swap treatment and control (iud r and se)
> version 10
> syntax [if]
> swapval iud1 iud2
> swapval r1 r2
> swapval se1 se2
> ...
> end
>
> . local s=1
> . swap if `s' ==1
> (79 missing values generated)
> (84 missing values generated)
>
> . list r1 r2 in 1
>
> +----------+
> | r1 r2 |
> |----------|
> 1. | 2.8 3 |
> +----------+
>
> ...
> that's fine, but setting s to 0 still produces a swap
>
> . local s=0
>
> . swap if `s' ==1
> (79 missing values generated)
> (84 missing values generated)
>
> . list r1 r2 in 1
>
> +----------+
> | r1 r2 |
> |----------|
> 1. | 3 2.8 |
> +----------+
>
> dropping the program does not help.
>
> what am i doing wrong?
>
> thanks.
>
> paul
>
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