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No, I guess the second part of the statement applies: " ...or are for
various reasons now
> considered of secondary importance."
HTH
Martin
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does that mean that -ds- is in that definition superseded by a more
recent, better command and if that is the case, what is it?
Klaus
Nick Cox schrieb:
> As others have pointed out, this text does not quite apply to -ds-. I
> suspect that StataCorp need to fix this text: that is the easiest
> solution! Something like
>
> 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 release that are no longer documented because they have been superseded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 or are for various reasons now
> considered of secondary importance.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Airey, David C
>
>> 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 release that are no longer documented because they have been superseded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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