Re: st: error ocurred loading .ado file (ccmatch.ado)

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

I mean "<".

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
> The character ">" does not occur in ccmatch.ado. I guess that your
> file has got corrupted somehow. Re-installing is still the advice.
>
> Nick
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Benjamin Niug
> <benjamin.niug@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> It does not help (but thx).
>>
>> Doing that, I get the following reply:
>>
>> ----
>> package name:  ccmatch.pkg
>>        from:  http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/c/
>>
>> checking ccmatch consistency and verifying not already installed...
>> all files already exist and are up to date.
>> -----
>>
>> But the error message mentioned before continues to appear when
>> executing -ccmatch-
>>
>> Any further suggestions?
>>
>>
>> 2012/2/22 Muhammad Anees <anees@aneconomist.com>:
>>> This problem can arise because the command is not installed, So check
>>> from command line what -findit ccmatch- results.
>>>
>>> You will get
>>>
>>> ccmatch from http://www.elwoodcook.com/stata
>>>    ccmatch can be used to generate case-control matches in your data based on
>>>    criteria specified in other variables. / by Daniel Elwood Cook
>>>
>>> ccmatch from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/c
>>>    'CCMATCH': module to match observations on specified criteria / ccmatch
>>>    allows you to match observations (individuals) on the / basis of any
>>>    specified variables.  / KW: data management / KW: matching / Requires:
>>>    Stata version 11 / Distribution-Date: 20111213 / Author: Daniel E. Cook,
>>>
>>> Now you can click on the first line of each section and install it for use.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Benjamin Niug
>>> <benjamin.niug@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am faced with the following problem/curiosity: I have installed the
>>>> ccmatch.ado file. It worked nice some time ago.
>>>>
>>>> However, whenever I execute the command -ccmatch-, I get the following
>>>> error code:
>>>>
>>>> "unrecognized command:  < invalid command name
>>>> (error occurred while loading ccmatch.ado)
>>>> r(199);"
>>>>
>>>> All my other .ado files (basic and plus) seem to work fine and I am
>>>> using STATA 11. I tried to delete and reinstall the .ado and but it
>>>> did not work. Do you have a suggestion what to do?
>>>>

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