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From | "Dr. Chuntao Li" <chtl@znufe.edu.cn> |
To | statalist <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | Re: Re: st: wbopendata |
Date | Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:02:07 +0800 |
Jazevedo replied me. i need to downloaded as auxiliary files first, by the following code: net get wbopendata it works perfect now Dr. Chuntao Li (Tony) School of Finance Zhongnan Univ. of Econ. & Law Wuhan, P.R. China Email: chtl@znufe.edu.cn From: Nick Cox Date: 2012-03-29 17:19 To: statalist Subject: Re: st: wbopendata The explanation of -wbopendata- was embedded in the code given. Sorry that I didn't notice that first time round. On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > -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 <chtl@znufe.edu.cn>: > >> 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? * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/