st: AW: Doubt on the exexcution of a do file?

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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Stata needs to see a carriage return at the end of the -keep make- line,
otherwise it will refuse to execute the line. So insert a blank line after
it, or put the command -exit- on the next line, as recommended by J. Scott
Long, in his book http://www.stata-press.com/books/wdaus.html on page 65.
The latter strategy allows you to put an unlimited amount of comments on the
lines following -exit-.



HTH
Martin


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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Grace Jessie
Gesendet: Freitag, 21. Mai 2010 11:34
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Statalists,
 
I wrote a do file and saved it as a do file named "dratf.do".Accidently, I
found if there was no space after the last typing in the do file and I run
the do file in the command window, the last typing in the do file will not
be excecuted.
For example,
 
The contents of draft.do is,
sysuse auto, clear
keep make      //note: there is no excess space after "make".
 
I typed the following in the command window of Stata,
do draft.do
 
Unfortunely, the "keep make" was not exexctued.
 
What is wrong?
 
Hope for help.
 
Regards,
Grace 		 	   		  
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