Jason probably has experience with other programming environments
where a 'variable' denotes a named memory address where a particular
value is stored, which is restricted to the current scope unless
declared global. In Stata 'variables' are columns in the dataset (rows
are called 'observations') and there is only one dataset that Stata
may work with at a time. 'locals' and 'globals' are equivalents of
what is called 'variables' in other programming languages. This is
explained in the FAQ somewhere. Variables in the data are always
visible to any part of the code, no matter how deep the calls are
nested.
I'd suggest Jason to look through these definitions and perhaps
rephrase the question in Stata's terms.
Regards,
Sergiy
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is not clear what you are trying to achieve. I am thinking that you want
> some kind of counter. Then say -loc j 0- and step the counter with -loc
> ++j-. No need for a variable there. If you want something else, please say
> so...
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: st: RE: Calling a Do-file
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>> You can nest up to 64 do-files. See -h limits-
>
> Yes, but you can change the value of a variable in one do-file from a
> different do-file?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Calling a Do-file
>
> Is there a way to run a do-file (ie secondary do-file) from inside
> another do-file (ie primary do-file) and change a variable inside the
> secondary do-file?
> For example,
> replace j=1
> do "C:\xyz.do"
> replace j=2
> do "C:\xyz.do"
>
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