st: "First numlist in weights( ...) invalid" error when using tssmooth to calculate a simple moving average

[Aaron Kirkman <ak1795mailserv@gmail.com>]

Dear Statalist,

I'm using the -tssmooth- command to calculate a simple moving average
of stock prices, but I get a syntax error of "First numlist in
weights(1 2 3 4 <5>) invalid" when running these commands.

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copy "http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=PNRA&a=05&b=10&c=1991&d=07&e=24&f=2012&g=d&ignore=.csv";
pnra.csv, replace
insheet using pnra.csv, comma clear
gen dateInt = date(date, "YMD")
drop date
rename dateInt date
tsset date
tssmooth ma wtma1 = adjclose, weights(1 2 3 4 <5>)

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I also receive an error if I specify other variations of this numlist
or other weights entirely, e.g.

tssmooth ma wtma2 = adjclose, weights(1/4 <5>)
tssmooth ma wtma3 = adjclose, weights(1(1)4 <5>)


Specifying a window does work, however.

tssmooth ma wtma4 = adjclose, window(4 1)

However, this syntax works for another data set, so I'm not quite sure
about the problem with this code. For example, this code works when
using a dataset from Baum's "Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using
Stata."

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use http://www.stata-press.com/data/imeus/grunfeld, clear
tsset
tssmooth ma wtma1 = invest, weights(1 2 3 4 <5>)
tssmooth ma wtma2 = invest, weights(1/4 <5>)
tssmooth ma wtma3 = invest, weights(1(1)4 <5>)

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Is there a nuance to the syntax that I'm missing?

Thank you,
Aaron Kirkman
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