Re: st: Errror in cendif - tidotforsomersd(): 3499 tidottree() not found

[Roger Newson <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

The fix to Richard's problem is probably to exit Stata after installing 
the -somersd- package (which includes -cendif-) and then launch Stata 
again. The -somersd- package (including -cendif-) should then work.

The reason for this is that the -somersd- package includes a Mata 
library -lsomersd.mlib-. In general. Stata looks for Mata routines in a 
list of libraries, which can be found by typing, in Stata

mata: mata mlib query

This list is constructed when Stata is launched. In some versions of 
Stata (but not others), Stata does not update its list of Mata libraries 
to be searched when a new package (such as -somersd-) is installed. This 
has the consequence that, if the user then tries to use the -somersd- 
package, then Stata looks for the Mata procedure -tidottree()- in its 
old list of libraries, and does not find -tidottree()-, and therefore 
gives the error message

tidotforsomersd():  3499  tidottree() not found

that James has received. If James exits Stata and then launches Stata 
again, then Stata should re-initialize its list of Mata libraries to be 
searched, and this list should then include the Mata library 
-lsomersd.mlib-, which contains -tidottree()- and other Mata procedures 
used by the -somersd- package.

I hope this helps. Let me know if there are any problems.

Best wishes

Roger


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On 01/07/2010 15:34, Richard Palmer-Jones wrote:
> Dear Readers
>
> I have the following error:
>
> . cendif incompc, by(_treat)
> variable incompc not found
> r(111);
>
> . cendif incomepc, by(_treat)
> Y-variable: incomepc ((mean) incomepc)
> Grouped by: _treated (psmatch2: Treatment assignment)
> Group numbers:
>
>    psmatch2: |
>    Treatment |
>   assignment |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
> ------------+-----------------
> ------------------
>    Untreated |        260       33.85       33.85
>      Treated |        508       66.15      100.00
> ------------+-----------------------------------
>        Total |        768      100.00
>         tidotforsomersd():  3499  tidottree() not found
>                   <istmt>:     -  function returned error
> Mata run-time error
> r(3499);
>
>
> treat is 0/1; incomepc is continuous
>
> cendif is dated 4th August 2008, and somersd has teh same date.
>
> tidotforsomersd():  3499  tidottree()  are bothe in c:\ado/plus/t
> which is in my ado path.
>
> . which cendif
> c:\ado\plus\c\cendif.ado
> *! Author: Roger Newson
> *! Date: 04 August 2008
>
> . adopath
>    [1]  (UPDATES)   "C:\Program Files\Stata11\ado\updates/"
>    [2]  (BASE)      "C:\Program Files\Stata11\ado\base/"
>    [3]  (SITE)      "C:\Program Files\Stata11\ado\site/"
>    [4]              "."
>    [5]  (PERSONAL)  "c:\ado\personal/"
>    [6]  (PLUS)      "c:\ado\plus/"
>    [7]  (OLDPLACE)  "c:\ado/"
>
> I am running Stata 11.1 born 16/6/2010
>
> All advice very gratefully recieved.
>
> Richard
>
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