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When Kit lumps something together with Windows, you know he means
business...
Well, your message makes me think that we do need clarification regarding
this issue on the part of the Statalist FAQ.
HTH
Martin
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Sent: Sonntag, 19. Juli 2009 23:33
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: re: What to do about multiple observations for one individual
in one same period in a panel
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Martin said
I have pasted my own code into my do-file editor, hit the "Do" button,
and it runs w/o a hitch. ... Where did yours stop? I have used such
code in replies for months, and there has never been a complaint of
this nature. I do have a hunch, though, that it could have something
to do with your email program.
Your hunch is wrong. The code stops when you refer to variable 'cou',
which is undefined. You are making use of one of Stata's most ill-
designed, positively evil features: automatic variable name
completion. This feature bears a strong resemblance to WinXP default
security settings in terms of its potential for damage. I strongly
suggest that everyone
set varabbrev off, permanent
and not rely on this mechanism. Likewise, I often kvetch to authors of
SSC modules that their examples in help files do not run. In my
opinion no one should have to set varabbrev on in order to run sample
code.
I suspect Martin's code would work fine if I were to set varabbrev on,
but I am unwilling to do that, even momentarily, as I might then
forget to turn it off.
Kit Baum | Boston College Economics & DIW Berlin |
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Stata Programming
| http://www.stata-press.com/books/isp.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata |
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html
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