Re: st: Executing do-file yields no output

[George Mailbox <george.mailbox@gmail.com>]

Nick,

Many thanks for getting back.

You mentioned "do" is silent, with online sources suggesting "run"
suppresses the output, for instance:

do filename [arguments] , [nostop]
    Executes the specified do-file.
    nostop allows to continue execution even if an error occurs.
    On-line, context: 1, 2

run filename [arguments] , [nostop]
    Executes the specified do-file suppressing the output, except for erors.
    nostop allows to continue execution even if an error occurs.
    On-line, context

(Source: http://web.missouri.edu/~kolenikovs/stata/Duke/commands.html#)

Further, it appears that the terms "do" and "run" are often used
interchangeably as in "run a do file using the do command" which
complicates matters for beginners.

My question thus boils down to:
How can I execute my do-file such that Stata displays the regression
estimates in the command window and the log-file?

Best wishes,
George Hylden






2011/5/9 Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>:
> This is precisely as intended. -do- rather than -run- is silent. What
> output would you expect from these commands if they work as intended,
> i.e. with generating error messages?
>
> Nick
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> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:18 AM, George Mailbox <george.mailbox@gmail.com>
>
>> When I execute a do file (i.e. do do-file as opposed to run do-file),
>> Stata (version 10.1) loads the data and runs through all commands
>> without detecting errors but only displays the do-file commands
>> preceded by ">", i.e. it does not display the results in the command
>> window and thus not in the log-file either. When I copy and paste the
>> commands into the command window, then Stata displays the results,
>> i.e. the code is correct.
>> I suspected some "suppress output" function was activated but I
>> haven't been able to find any such thing.
>>
>> The do-file is a self-written plain do-file, not code written in a program.
>> The procedural commands that precede the data manipulation commands
>> are standard by my reckoning:
>>
>> ##############################
>>
>> clear all
>>
>> capture log close
>>
>> set more off
>>
>> version 10.1
>>
>> use  filename.dta
>>
>> log using filename.log, text replace
>> ##############################
>>
>> I would be grateful for any advice or suggestions.
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