RE: st: beginer's mata function in dofile

[tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com>]

Cool...thanx
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> From: njcoxstata@gmail.com
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: beginer's mata function in dofile
> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 16:39:33 +0100
>
> No. The hierarchy is that your program -nn- is defined before it is
> run. That defines the Mata function before that itself is run.
>
> Nick
>
> On 8 Aug 2012, at 16:22, tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanx...that makes sense although the following do-file seems to
> > contradict(unless I am not seeing something). In the following do-
> > file, the mata function is called prior to it being defined. And it
> > works.
> > //begin do-file mata1.do
> > clear all
> > set obs 10
> > forvalues i=1/5 {
> > g bp`i'=runiform()
> > }
> > capture program drop nn
> > prog nn, rclass
> > mata: do_trend_var("b", "bp1 bp2 bp3 bp4 bp5")
> > list
> > end
> > version 12
> > mata
> > void function do_trend_var(string scalar newvarname, string scalar
> > varnames)
> > {
> > real matrix Y
> > real colvector b
> > real scalar idx
> > st_view(Y,.,varnames)
> > b=(1::rows(Y))
> > idx=st_addvar("float",newvarname)
> > st_store(.,idx,b)
> > }
> > end
> > nn
> >
> > Thanx...
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> >> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:40:34 +0200
> >> Subject: Re: st: beginer's mata function in dofile
> >> From: klein.daniel.81@googlemail.com
> >> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> >>
> >> Tashi,
> >>
> >> there is nothing I can really add to that statement. The critical
> >> point is to define/compile the Mata function before you call it. This
> >> do-file works, without a -program- being defined.
> >>
> >> m :
> >> void myfunc(real scalar x)
> >> {
> >> x
> >> }
> >> end
> >>
> >> loc x 42
> >> m : myfunc(`x')
> >>
> >> Best
> >> Daniel
> >>
> >> --
> >> The only thing I didn't follow is where you say... it is not
> >> necessary
> >> to define a program that calls mata functions. Could you elaborate on
> >> that?
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