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Re: st: SMCL {stata args[:txt]}
From
Austin Nichols <[email protected]>
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Re: st: SMCL {stata args[:txt]}
Date
Wed, 1 Jun 2011 16:45:52 -0400
K D Nash <[email protected]>:
clear all
prog lime
li m* in `0'
end
prog lime2
li m* if make=="`0'"
end
sysuse auto
forvalues n=1/5 {
loc vn=make[`n']
dis _col(10)"{stata lime `n':`vn'}"
}
forvalues n=1/5 {
loc vn=make[`n']
dis _col(10)"{stata lime2 `vn':`vn'}"
}
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:26 PM, K D Nash <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a stata program that lists identification (ID) numbers for
> individuals as output such as:
>
> .list guys
>
> 30382960
> 112339480
> 134302176
> 138380064
> 138405264
> 140426064
> 142468640
> 148400608
> 163325504
> 181440336
> 186361696
>
> The user of this program wants to be able to click on an ID number which
> will then provide further information about the individual selected. The
> following is part of my program statements:
>
> .......
> forvalues n=1/`k'{
> loc vn=guys[`n']
> dis _col(10)"{stata smcprog:`vn'}"
> }
> .......
>
> where `k' is a count of the number ID numbers listed and guys[`n'] is the ID
> of a guy in the dataset. This SMCL statement solves the problem of turning
> the list of ID numbers into "clickable links".
>
> The problem I am having is the following. How do I get the program,
> smcprog.ado, to recognize 30382960 as the ID number that is clicked? When
> the user clicks an ID, I want the program smcprog.ado to go get a stata
> dataset that includes many ID numbers but then use only the data for the ID
> that was clicked to carry out other tasks.
>
> Or, is there a better way to accomplish what I want to do. The listing of
> the ID output has to be clickable links
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