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Re: st: Question about scalars


From   Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Question about scalars
Date   Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:53:48 -0400

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Jeph Herrin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, but look closely at
>
>> . scalar e = d + a
>> . scalar dir a d e // "e" is wrong
>>           a =         10
>>           d =  4.9458042
>>           e =        131
>
> You'll see that 4.94+10 = 131. Which is incorrect.

That's the value of the variable "displacement" in the first
observation {d[isplacement][1]=121}+10=131
as Nick has already pointed out. The code works (there is no Stata
error), but it produces not exactly what you expect.

Stata sometimes warns you about the assumptions it makes to resolve
the naming conflicts, such as in the case:
    . scatter price weight, lw(r)
    (note:  named style r not found in class linewidth, default attributes used
    (note:  linewidth not found in scheme, default attributes used)
    (note:  named style r not found in class linewidth, default attributes used
    (note:  linewidth not found in scheme, default attributes used)
but not always. It would be better if there were more possibilities to
enforce strict mode.
See help set_varabbrev for your case (see below for trace of execution
with variable abbreviation switched off).

Switching to longer (and more readable) names for all your variables
and scalars (macros) will help you avoid
this problem and make the program easier to read and understand.

Best, Sergiy Radyakin



. do "R:\TEMP\STD0h000000.tmp"

. clear

. set varabbrev off

. scalar drop _all

. scalar a = 10

. scalar b = 20

. scalar c = b + a

. scalar dir
         c =         30
         b =         20
         a =         10

.
. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)

. reg mpg foreign

      Source |       SS       df       MS              Number of obs =      74
-------------+------------------------------           F(  1,    72) =   13.18
       Model |  378.153515     1  378.153515           Prob > F      =  0.0005
    Residual |  2065.30594    72  28.6848048           R-squared     =  0.1548
-------------+------------------------------           Adj R-squared =  0.1430
       Total |  2443.45946    73  33.4720474           Root MSE      =  5.3558

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         mpg |      Coef.   Std. Err.      t    P>|t|     [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
     foreign |   4.945804   1.362162     3.63   0.001     2.230384    7.661225
       _cons |   19.82692   .7427186    26.70   0.000     18.34634    21.30751
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

. scalar d = _b[foreign]

. scalar e = d + a

. scalar dir a d e // "e" is wrong
         a =         10
         d =  4.9458042
         e =  14.945804

.
. tempname dd

. scalar `dd' = _b[foreign]

. scalar e = `dd' +a

. scalar dir a `dd' e // "e" is /okay
         a =         10
  __000000 =  4.9458042
         e =  14.945804

.
end of do-file

.




>
> cheers,
> Jeph
>
> On 8/9/2010 2:15 PM, Sergiy Radyakin wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Steve,
>>
>> there might be something else in your program that prevents it from
>> running. Both code fragments that you compare work fine in my Stata 9
>> and Stata 11.
>>
>> Best, Sergiy
>>
>> . do "R:\TEMP\STD0h000000.tmp"
>>
>> . clear
>>
>> . scalar drop _all
>>
>> . scalar a = 10
>>
>> . scalar b = 20
>>
>> . scalar c = b + a
>>
>> . scalar dir
>>          c =         30
>>          b =         20
>>          a =         10
>>
>> .
>> . sysuse auto, clear
>> (1978 Automobile Data)
>>
>> . reg mpg foreign
>>
>>       Source |       SS       df       MS              Number of obs =
>>  74
>> -------------+------------------------------           F(  1,    72) =
>> 13.18
>>        Model |  378.153515     1  378.153515           Prob>  F      =
>>  0.0005
>>     Residual |  2065.30594    72  28.6848048           R-squared     =
>>  0.1548
>> -------------+------------------------------           Adj R-squared =
>>  0.1430
>>        Total |  2443.45946    73  33.4720474           Root MSE      =
>>  5.3558
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>          mpg |      Coef.   Std. Err.      t    P>|t|     [95% Conf.
>> Interval]
>>
>> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
>>      foreign |   4.945804   1.362162     3.63   0.001     2.230384
>>  7.661225
>>        _cons |   19.82692   .7427186    26.70   0.000     18.34634
>>  21.30751
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> . scalar d = _b[foreign]
>>
>> . scalar e = d + a
>>
>> . scalar dir a d e // "e" is wrong
>>          a =         10
>>          d =  4.9458042
>>          e =        131
>>
>> .
>> . tempname dd
>>
>> . scalar `dd' = _b[foreign]
>>
>> . scalar e = `dd' +a
>>
>> . scalar dir a `dd' e // "e" is /okay
>>          a =         10
>>   __000000 =  4.9458042
>>          e =  14.945804
>>
>> .
>> end of do-file
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Steve Samuels<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>
>>> In the code below, I generate a scalar "d" from a regression result;
>>> it looks okay, but trying to add it to another scalar doesn't work.
>>> If, however I use a -tempname- , I get the right answer.  Could
>>> someone explain to me why the first approach doesn't work and if
>>> there's another approach that doesn't involve a -tempname-?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ******************************
>>> clear
>>> scalar drop _all
>>> scalar a = 10
>>> scalar b = 20
>>> scalar c = b + a
>>> scalar dir
>>>
>>> sysuse auto, clear
>>> reg mpg foreign
>>> scalar d = _b[foreign]
>>> scalar e = d + a
>>> scalar dir a d e // "e" is wrong
>>>
>>> tempname dd
>>> scalar `dd' = _b[foreign]
>>> scalar e = `dd' +a
>>> scalar dir a `dd' e // "e" is /okay
>>> ****************************
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steven Samuels
>>> [email protected]
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