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True, I was too focused on the issue with the -scalar- and -local- problem to notice that -rowtotal()- was not the best example.
Overall, I am sensing an overwhelming willingness to help Anne, but she should try to describe _verbally_ what she wants to achieve, and I am sure no more than a couple of lines will be necessary to get there. Maarten has already had a stab at it...
HTH
Martin
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Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Nick Cox
Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. April 2009 19:43
An: [email protected]
Betreff: RE: st: Programming stata using egen functions
But then the -rowtotal()- is pointless. As Kit pointed out several posts ago, the row total of one item is precisely that item.
Nick
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Martin Weiss
Better example
*************
tempvar ep_`s'
gen `ep_`s''=exem2_`s'*`P1_`s''
qui egen `ep2_`s''=rowtotal(`ep_`s'')
*************
Martin Weiss
" So in line 9 I substitute `scalar’ for `local’ hoping
that rowmax() could now recognize the varlist."
Well, you have not passed a -varlist- to -egen, rowmax()- so it complains about its syntax statement not being respected, and rightly so. -local-s and -scalar-s are equally bad, in this respect. If that is all that is standing between you and success, then let the -gen- and -egen- statements refer to -tempvar-s. In this fashion, at least they will be legal...
So instead of
**
qui summarize `1' if `sp'==u
local mean1_`s'`sp' =r(mean)
**
say -egen mean1_ssp=mean(`1') if `sp'==u-
Anne Resende
Thanks a lot for all answers!!
Just to clarify some points:
I understood that the egen functions rowmax() and rowtotal() did not
accept scalar. So in line 9 I substitute `scalar’ for `local’ hoping
that rowmax() could now recognize the varlist. But stata returns de
same error message. I need the rowmax() function to returns the maximum
values between the varilist. (the maximum values within each `s’)
So I have tried:
program mymean, rclass
1. syntax [varlist] [if]
2. tokenize "`varlist'"
3. forvalues s=9(1)20 {
4. forvalues sp=9(1)`s' {
5. qui summarize `1' if `sp'==u
6. local mean1_`s'`sp' =r(mean)
7. qui sum `1' if u==8
8. local mean2_`s'`sp' =r(mean)
9. local m_`s'`sp'=`mean1_`s'`sp'' + ((`mean1_`s'`sp'' -
`mean2_`s'`sp'')/(`sp'-8))*(9-`sp')
10. tempvar exem_`s' P_`s' ep_`s' ep2_`s'
11. qui egen `exem_`s''=rowmax(m_`s'`sp')
12. qui gen `P_`s''=sum(P) if `s'==u & id==1
13. qui sum `P_`s'', meanonly
14. local P1_`s'=r(max)
15. scalar ep_`s'=exem2_`s'*`P1_`s''
16. qui egen `ep2_`s''=rowtotal(ep_`s')
17. return scalar eq2=`ep2_`s''
18. }
19. }
20. end
end of do-file
. mymean loghw
variable m_99 not found
r(111);
1) I understand the differences between egen sum( )and stata fuctions
sum(), but neither gives me what I need. I intend to use rowtotal()
because it sums the observations on the rows not on the columns as egen
sum() and sum() do.
2) Sorry about: return scalar eq29=rowtotal(ep_`s') that I wrote in
the other email.. I know that it’s wrong
3)What is my aim? As I told I need to end up with one variable in order
to run the bootstrap.
I want to the create the program mymean and then run: bootstrap r(eq2),
reps(#) seed(#) : mymean loghw (I am following the idea on:
http://www.stata.com/capabilities/boot.html)
4)I think that I cannot use a do.file because I will end up with a
constant (I also tried) and so I could not run the bootstrap. Creating
and ado file the program allows me to use the boots after.
So all I want to do is to write a program to calculate my statistics of
interest and then apply the bootstrap. And my problem is how I can
construct a varlist in order to run my program using rowmax() and
rowtotal(). Or maybe there is another way to do that without having to
use rowmax() and rowtotal() functions.
I hope that is clearer now,
Thanks
Anne
Thanks
Anne
Richard Ochmann wrote:
>...
>not entirely clear what you want to do there,
>but maybe you can borrow from this code on generating a list of scalars
>(which might be inefficient either):
>
>***
>#delimit;
>sysuse auto;
>local meanlist = "0";
>forvalues i = 1/2 {;
>forvalues j = `i'/3 {;
>quietly sum price, meanonly;
>scalar s`i'`j' = r(mean)/runiform();
>local meanlist = " `meanlist', `=s`i'`j'' ";
>di "`meanlist'";
>scalar mymax = max(`meanlist');
>di mymax;
> };
> };
>***
>
>best, rich
>
>
>[email protected] schrieb am 28.04.2009 02:05:25:
>
>> Dear All
>> I am having some problems with my ado.file whenever I try to include
>> some egen functions like rowmax and rowtotal. I am currently using
>> Stata 10.0
>>
>> My ado program is:
>>
>> program mymean, rclass
>> 1. syntax [varlist] [if]
>> 2. tokenize "`varlist'"
>> 3. forvalues s=9(1)20 {
>> 4. forvalues sp=9(1)`s' {
>> 5. qui summarize `1' if `sp'==u
>> 6. local mean1_`s'`sp' =r(mean)
>> 7. qui sum `1' if u==8
>> 8. local mean2_`s'`sp' =r(mean)
>> 9. scalar m_`s'`sp'=`mean1_`s'`sp'' + ((`mean1_`s'`sp'' -
>> `mean2_`s'`sp'')/(`sp'-8))*(9-`sp')
>> 10. tempvar exem_`s' P1_`s' P_`s' ep_`s' ep2_`s'
>> 11. qui egen `exem_`s''=max(m_`s'`sp')
>> 12. return scalar exem2_`s'=`exem_`s''*1
>> 13. qui gen `P1_`s''=sum(P) if `s'==u & id==1
>> 14. qui egen `P_`s'' =max(`P1_`s'')
>> 15. scalar ep_`s'=exem2_`s'*`P_`s''
>> 16. qui gen `ep_`s''=exem2_`s'*`P_`s''
>> 17. return scalar eq29=sum(ep_`s')
>> 18. }
>> 19. }
>> 20. end
>> This program is running well. But in lines 11 and 17, I in fact need
to
>> use the commands rowmax rather than max and rowtotal rather sum. So
>> when I use max and sum the program runs well but when I substitute
this
>> commands whith rowmax and rowtotal stata gives me the following error
>> message after I typed mymean loghw:
>>
>>
>> program mymean, rclass
>> 1. syntax [varlist] [if]
>> 2. tokenize "`varlist'"
>> 3. forvalues s=9(1)20 {
>> 4. forvalues sp=9(1)`s' {
>> 5. qui summarize `1' if `sp'==u
>> 6. local mean1_`s'`sp' =r(mean)
>> 7. qui sum `1' if u==8
>> 8. local mean2_`s'`sp' =r(mean)
>> 9. scalar m_`s'`sp'=`mean1_`s'`sp'' + ((`mean1_`s'`sp'' -
>> `mean2_`s'`sp'')/(`sp'-8))*(9-`sp')
>> 10. tempvar exem_`s' P1_`s' P_`s' ep_`s' ep2_`s'
>> 11. qui egen `exem_`s''=rowmax(m_`s'`sp')
>> 12. return scalar exem2_`s'=`exem_`s''*1
>> 13. qui gen `P1_`s''=sum(P) if `s'==u & id==1
>> 14. qui egen `P_`s'' =max(`P1_`s'')
>> 15. scalar ep_`s'=exem2_`s'*`P_`s''
>> 16. qui gen `ep_`s''=exem2_`s'*`P_`s''
>> 17. return scalar eq29=rowtotal(ep_`s')
>> 18. }
>> 19. }
>> 20. end
>> .
>> end of do-file
>> . mymean loghw
>> variable m_99 not found
>> r(111);
>>
>> So I would like to know why the program recognizes the max and sum
egen
>> functions but do not recognize (or do not find my variable) when I use
>> the rowmax and rowtotal egen functions. Is there any programming
>> differences between these two kind of egen functons?
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