RE: st: unexpected end of file when execute glm

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

Ultraedit gives you tags that put the comment signs in place so there is no way you can forget to close them. Synatx highlighting is only the second best way to prevent your error.

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HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: G. Dai
Sent:  07-07-2010 18:22:21
Subject:  Re: st: unexpected end of file when execute glm

yes, I have the module with the Text Wrangler. But it doesn't remind
me the missing "/" . Do yours remind you? how?

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu> wrote:
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> You can get syntax highlighting for Text Wrangler.   I use the Stata module from:
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> http://dataninja.wordpress.com/2006/02/28/stata-language-module-for-textwrangler/
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> ~ Eric
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> Eric A. Booth
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> Texas A&M University
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> On Jul 7, 2010, at 11:09 AM, G. Dai wrote:
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>> I'm on a MAC and stick with Textwrangler. It is free and good though
>> it fails to help me in avoiding the mistake.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> <>
>>>
>>> A text editor with "tags", such as UltraEdit will help you avoid such
>>> mistakes...
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>>> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of G. Dai
>>> Sent: Mittwoch, 7. Juli 2010 17:52
>>> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>>> Subject: Re: st: unexpected end of file when execute glm
>>>
>>> thanks Eric,  I fixed it. it works now.
>>>
>>> But another problem is the glm execute very very slow. Actually, it
>>> took me 2 or three hours to finish the command.
>>> I don/'t have many obs, about 4000. So, why is it so slow?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu> wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> Hi Guang:
>>>>
>>>> It looks like the issue might be with the comment in your first line:
>>>>
>>>> 13.  svy: glm       r`i'pin r`i'`x'nhu /*parental NH stay experience*
>>>>
>>>> you don't close it with  "*/", so Stata keeps looking for the end of the
>>> comment, which it never finds.
>>>>
>>>> ~ Eric
>>>> __
>>>> Eric A. Booth
>>>> Public Policy Research Institute
>>>> Texas A&M University
>>>> ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu
>>>> Office: +979.845.6754
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 7, 2010, at 10:39 AM, G. Dai wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hi all,
>>>>> I'm using glm command to estimate a fraction probit model.
>>>>> however, when the do file goes to the following part, it always
>>>>> remind me the message of
>>>>> "unexpected end of file
>>>>> r(612);
>>>>> "
>>>>> I double checked it without finding anything wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> More wired, the do file did work yesterday though very slow. actually,
>>>>> it took me hours to finish the estimation.
>>>>>
>>>>> any help is appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Guang
>>>>>
>>>>> ************************excerpt begins******************
>>>>>
>>>>> 13.  svy: glm       r`i'pin r`i'`x'nhu /*parental NH stay experience*
>>>>>>               h`i'itot h`i'atotf /*income and financial wealth*/
>>>>>>               r`i'conde r`i'adlsa r`i'iadlsa /*health condition and
>>> status*/
>>>>>>               r`i'nrshom /*past NH experience*/
>>>>>>               raedyrs  r`i'agey_b  ragender /*identity*/
>>>>>>               h`i'child r`i'hiltc /*health insurance and children*/
>>>>>>               i.r`i'cenreg,fam(bi 1) link(probit);
>>>>>> estimates store glm_`x';
>>>>>
>>>>> unexpected end of file
>>>>> r(612);
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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