st: mata in ado file question: how to have stata lines between the mata code blocks

[László Sándor <sandorl@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

I think I am following the existing and the "missing" manual on Stata
(i.e. Bill's UKSUG10 slides), but I might have zeroed in on why my
code does not run (on Stata 12.1 MP for mac).

Basically, I wanted to define several mata functions and as I cannot
simply upload existing libraries to my server, I thought I would also
paste in the source code for -moremata- functions my Mata code used.
The code compiled now, but gives me the rare and poorly documented
error r(9611). Some Googling taught me this is about a loop going
wrong. Now I have an idea where, but perhaps it's better for all to
ask you what the code should look like in the first place.

Currently it has blocks like

program define…
…
end

mata:
…
end

mata:
…
end

local o1 "o1"
local po1 "*p.o1"
di "loop of locals"
forv i=2/10 {
        local o`i' "`o`=`i'-1'', o`i'"
        local po`i' "`po`=`i'-1'', *p.o`i'"
}

mata:
…
end

Maybe the Stata loop that one of the Mata definitions uses is just
hanging there (outside of all blocks that end with and "end"). Where
should I place it? Is it OK to have all these "mata: … end" blocks in
the first place?

Sorry it was not clear to me from the manuals.

Thanks!

Laszlo

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