Re: st: Executing do-file yields no output

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

I don't understand what you are reporting. I'd get in touch with Stata
technical support.

Nick

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:50 PM, George Mailbox
<george.mailbox@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nick, Neil,
>
> I used the command "do dofilename" and I expected the command window
> and the log-file to display the commands, regression estimates and
> post-estimation test results. However, they only display the commands
> exactly the way they are in the do-file, each line preceded by ">",
> yet no regression estimates and no post-estimation test results. It
> looks like stata is just going through the commands but not executing
> them. I tried including an error to test whether it spots it and it
> did!
>
> "dir" tells me that the do file and the data file are in the same directory.
>
> The do-file (98KB) is structured as follows:
>
> ##############################
>
> clear all
>
> capture log close
>
> set more off
>
> version 10.1
>
> use  filename.dta
>
> log using filename.log, text replace
>
> command1
>
> command2
>
> .
> .
> .
>
> log close
>
> set more off
>
> exit
> ##############################
>
> The only solution I could come up with would be stripping my do-file
> of all comments and running it through the command window by copying
> and pasting chunks. This defeats the purpose of a do-file though.
>
> It's a puzzling problem I have been spending days researching online,
> even my colleagues in the office hadn't seen Stata handling a do-file
> in such a strange way.
>
> George
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2011/5/9 Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>:
>> My apologies: it's the other way round. (Possibly insufficient
>> caffeine on my part this morning.)
>>
>> If your do-file includes a -regress- command, you should see the
>> results with -do-, but not with -run-.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:11 PM, George Mailbox
>> <george.mailbox@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> Please note the request to use real names on Statalist.
>>>> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/statalist.html#tojoin
>>>>
>>>> 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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