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Re: st: wbopendata
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: wbopendata
Date
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:14:27 +0100
-sysuse dir- is for listing example Stata datasets installed with
Stata, i.e. those that come with the purchased product. -world-d-
doesn't qualify.
-wbopendata- and -spmap- are user-written from SSC, as you are asked
to explain.
Nick
2012/3/29 Dr. Chuntao Li <[email protected]>:
> I am new to the package wbopendata, can someone tell me why i cannot execuate the following code?
>
> sysuse world-d, clear
>
> i was trying to run the following example program, which can be find if you type "help wbopendata"
>
>
> tempfile tmp
> wbopendata, language(en - English) indicator(it.cel.sets.p2) long clear latest
> sort countrycode
> save `tmp', replace
> sysuse world-d, clear
> merge countrycode using `tmp'
> sum year
> local avg = string(`r(mean)',"%16.1f")
> spmap it_cel_sets_p2 using "world-c.dta", id(_id) ///
> clnumber(20) fcolor(Reds2) ocolor(none ..) ///
> title("Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)", size(*1.2)) ///
> legstyle(3) legend(ring(1) position(3)) ///
> note("Source: World Development Indicators (latest available year: `avg') in ///
> Azevedo, J.P. (2011) wbopendata: Stata module to " "access World Bank databases, ///
> Statistical Software Components S457234 Boston College Department of Economics.", size(*.7))
>
>
> by execuate "sysuse dir", we find the following system data files:
>
> auto.dta cancer.dta educ99gdp.dta network1a.dta sandstone.dta tsline2.dta xtline1.dta
> autornd.dta census.dta gnp96.dta nlsw88.dta sp500.dta uslifeexp.dta
> bplong.dta citytemp.dta lifeexp.dta nlswide1.dta surface.dta uslifeexp2.dta
> bpwide.dta citytemp4.dta network1.dta pop2000.dta tsline1.dta voter.dta
>
> There is no such a file named "world-d.dta", but why?
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