st: How to convert a do-file (that uses ml functions) into an ado file

["Tiago V. Pereira" <tiago.pereira@incor.usp.br>]

Thank you so much Martin and Nick for your expert opinion about my
problem. I have corrected that errors, but the same problem continues.

It is interesting to note that the do-file works well. However, I have
copied and pasted the do-file (except the part related to the data) into a
do file, and this ado file also returns the same error.

Using -set trace on- I got the following (only partially reported here)
output (the specific line is outlined with !!!!!!!!!!:


 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
end _mkvec.From ---
      - local copy `s(copy)'
      = local copy
      - local skip `s(skip)'
      = local skip
      - if "`copy'"!="" {
      = if ""!="" {
        CopyMat `mat' `"`error'"' `s(from)'
        if `"`colname'"'!="" {
        local dim : word count `colname'
        if `dim' != colsof(matrix(`mat')) {
        di in red `"`error'matrix must "' `"be dimension "' `dim'
        exit 503
        }
        mat colnames `mat' = `colname'
        }
        }
      - else {
      - BuildMat `mat' `"`error'"' "`skip'" `s(from)'
      = BuildMat __000000 `"initial vector: "' "" lambda:_cons= b2:_cons=
logvar2:_cons=;
        -------------------------------------------------------------------
begin _mkvec.BuildMat ---
        - args matall error skip
        - macro shift 3
        - tokenize `"`*'"', parse(" =")
        = tokenize `"lambda:_cons= b2:_cons= logvar2:_cons=;"', parse(" =")
        - tempname matadd
        - local i 1
        - while "``i''"!="" {
        = while "lambda:_cons"!="" {
        - local k = `i' + 1
        = local k = 1 + 1
        - if "``k''"=="=" {
        = if "="=="=" {
        - local j = `i' + 2
        = local j = 1 + 2
        - MkMat `matadd' ``i'' ``j'' `skip'
        = MkMat __000001 lambda:_cons b2:_cons
          --------------------------------------------------------------------
begin _mkvec.MkMat ---
          - args mat el_name z skip
          - confirm number `z'
          = confirm number b2:_cons
'b2' found where number expected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
          ----------------------------------------------------------------------
end _mkvec.MkMat ---
          local i = `i' + 3
          }
          else {
          ChkMat `matadd' ``i'' `"`error'"'
          local i = `i' + 1
          }
          mat `matall' = nullmat(`matall') , `matadd'
          }
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------
end _mkvec.BuildMat ---
        if `"`colname'"'!="" {
        ChkNames `mat' "`matin'" `"`colname'"' `"`error'"' "`skip'" "`first'"
        local fill `s(k_fill)'
        }
        }
        }
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
end _mkvec ---
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
end ml_init ---
    exit
    }
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
end ml ---
(error occurred while loading ml_fuck.ado)
r(7);

Thanks again for any additional tip!

Cheers!

Tiago






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