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st: Varname default in a program
From
Dani Tilley <[email protected]>
To
stata <[email protected]>
Subject
st: Varname default in a program
Date
Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:16:13 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
I'm trying to write a program that will have the following syntax
syntax varlist(min=1 max=5), [Pvar(varname)]
However, I want the to have a default value for pvar so that when users say
-command var1 var2- the program returns no error and uses the default variable
for pvar. I know how this is done for numeric variables but can't do it in this
context. I tried [Pvar(varname default)] where default is a variable but got
r(197).
Any help is appreciated.
DF Tilley
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