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David:
Check out this thread from few months back :
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2009-08/msg00899.html
~ Eric
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Eric A. Booth
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On Jan 10, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Airey, David C wrote:
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>> The program -sender- can be replaced by the line -ds, has(type numeric)-,
>> see: -help ds-.
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>> Hope this helps,
>> Maarten
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> In the help file it says -ds- has been dropped as official Stata as of version 9, although it still works and has a man page that will not be updated. It is officially "undocumented". When I read about that kind of Stata command, I see:
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> "Previously documented commands are commands of Stata from a previous
> release that are no longer documented because they have been superseded
> by more recent, better commands. The commands continue to work, although
> sometimes only under version control. The help files for the commands
> listed below are still available online to assist in understanding old
> do-files and ado-files."
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> But in the documentation for -ds- I am not pointed to the replacement command, but a list of commands that might cover the lost function. What is the improved replacement for -ds, has(type numeric)-?
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