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- ds- is still very much a part of official Stata, as you can see when
typing -h ds- and -db ds-...
Try http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0040 for a
discussion of its functionality...
HTH
Martin
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Subject: Re: AW: st: Re: program to generate variable list as input for
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I don't know if I missed a post in this thread that answers my questions
but apparently -ds- is no longer an "official part of stata" and not
documented anymore. I followed the link to Nick Cox's earlier post and
the reference to P:macro, but did not understand, how any of these I
"should" use as an replacement for -ds-. I use -ds- to create variable
lists to loop over them. What is the solution that I am supposed to use?
By the way: I didn't know about these helpful options of -ds-.
Klaus
Martin Weiss schrieb:
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> There are certainly cases in -help prdocumented- where the replacement is
> obvious, such as -mfx- and -adjust-, whose functionality has been
> incorporated into -margins-. However, there could still be a good case for
> StataCorp to add an additional column to this help page stating the
> replacement command in question. In the case of -ds-, it is not obvious to
> me which more recent command provides its functionality.
> I would also argue that any real gap in functionality left by commands
> dropped altogether would be filled quite quickly by -ssc- authors...
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Airey, David
C
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. Januar 2010 18:03
> An: Statalist
> Betreff: Re: st: Re: program to generate variable list as input for other
> program
>
> .
>
>> The program -sender- can be replaced by the line -ds, has(type numeric)-,
>> see: -help ds-.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Maarten
>
> 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:
>
> "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 release that are no longer documented because they have been superseded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."
>
> 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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