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st: RE: how to use for* loops "noisily"?
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"David Radwin" <[email protected]>
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st: RE: how to use for* loops "noisily"?
Date
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:17:52 -0700 (PDT)
László,
You might try using -set tracedepth 1- after -set trace on- to keep the
output to a reasonable level within loops.
David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of László Sándor
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:06 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: how to use for* loops "noisily"?
>
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry I could not google this down (or find in the manual): I am
> trying to use some efficient code, much like the advice of Kit Baum's
> books and Stata tips, but if I use loops (-foreach- or -forvalues-)
> for everything (cases, specification, restrictions etc.), I rarely see
> anything going on, only estimation results are coded to get
> posted/displayed in this case [by Stata], and the occasional (=
> omnipresent) error message.
>
> I experimented with turning -set trace on-, but it did more harm than
> good. Some clumsy bracketing into -noisily- chunks did not help
> either.
>
> Is there something to do if I'd like to run this do-file as a regular
> do-file for all commands, in or out of loops?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Laszlo
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