Re: st: Re lincom not recognising macros

[Jennifer Dent <JDent@sgul.ac.uk>]

Dear Nick

Apologies for the typos.

Re using the 'indirect' solution - I want to run the function several 
times over several different datasets, within which the values of the 
(local) variables will change slightly. I'll have a think about which is 
more efficient, given the solution.
Thank you for your help,

Jennifer

On 26/06/2012 11:21, Nick Cox wrote:
> There are no macros (marcos, macors) here.
>
> What you may be seeking is
>
> local var1_prop =  0.46
> local var2_prop = 0.54
>
> lincom _b[_cons] + _b[indep1]*`var1_prop' + _b[indepvar2]*`var2_prop'
>
> although I don't see why you would prefer that to your direct
> solution, which as you say does work.
>
> Nick
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Jennifer Dent<JDent@sgul.ac.uk>  wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to run lincom in stata 12 but I am having trouble when I use a
> > marco name, rather than a number.
> >
> > This is what I have:
> >
> > gen var1_prop =  0.46
> > gen var2_prop = 0.54
> > xi:xtmixed depvar indep1 indep2 || randomeffect
> > lincom _b[_cons] + _b[indep1]*var1_prop + _b[indepvar2]*var2_prop
> >
> > Error: var1_prop not found
> >
> > If I replace var1_prop and var2_prop with the actual numbers (i.e. lincom
> > _b[_cons] + _b[indep1]*0.46 + _b[indepvar2]*0.54), then stata is happy. Is
> > there a way to force lincom to recognise my numeric macors by name, rather
> > than to have to find and replace the names with numbers?
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