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Re: st: Mkmat doesn't seem to store the observation values correctly?
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Mkmat doesn't seem to store the observation values correctly?
Date
Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:41:25 +0100
I can't say. You'd need an explanation of how
r1 8
r2 9
r3 2
r4 1
r5 5
r6 4
r7 7
r8 3
r9 6
relates to what you think you imported given precisely how you
imported it (there are several ways to do that).
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Tim Streibel <[email protected]> wrote:
> You're right, when I input the values as you did, it perfectly works. My variable name was correct, could it be a problem that I imported the data from Excel?
> Thanks a lot!
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:15:49 +0100
>> Von: Nick Cox <[email protected]>
>> An: [email protected]
>> Betreff: Re: st: Mkmat doesn\'t seem to store the observation values correctly?
>
>> I don't know why you thought that. I can't reproduce your problem.
>> Check your variable names carefully.
>>
>> . input Ticker
>>
>> Ticker
>> 1. 441235
>> 2. 463
>> 3. 13212
>> 4. 1213
>> 5. 321
>> 6. 212
>> 7. 346
>> 8. 1322
>> 9. 3434
>> 10. end
>>
>> . l
>>
>> +--------+
>> | Ticker |
>> |--------|
>> 1. | 441235 |
>> 2. | 463 |
>> 3. | 13212 |
>> 4. | 1213 |
>> 5. | 321 |
>> |--------|
>> 6. | 212 |
>> 7. | 346 |
>> 8. | 1322 |
>> 9. | 3434 |
>> +--------+
>>
>> . mkmat Ticker, matrix(X)
>>
>> . mat li X
>>
>> X[9,1]
>> Ticker
>> r1 441235
>> r2 463
>> r3 13212
>> r4 1213
>> r5 321
>> r6 212
>> r7 346
>> r8 1322
>> r9 3434
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Tim Streibel <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Sorry, I thought it would be clear that the values are just different
>> >
>> > list Ticker
>> >
>> > +--------+
>> > | Ticker |
>> > |--------|
>> > 1. | 441235 |
>> > 2. | 463 |
>> > 3. | 13212 |
>> > 4. | 1213 |
>> > 5. | 321 |
>> > |--------|
>> > 6. | 212 |
>> > 7. | 346 |
>> > 8. | 1322 |
>> > 9. | 3434 |
>> >
>> > variable type: long
>> >
>> > Do you need any other information?
>> >
>> > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> >> Datum: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:50:22 +0100
>> >> Von: Nick Cox <[email protected]>
>> >> An: [email protected]
>> >> Betreff: Re: st: Mkmat doesn\'t seem to store the observation values
>> correctly?
>> >
>> >> You don't show us your original variable, so we can't see any grounds
>> >> for your claim.
>> >>
>> >> Nick
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Tim Streibel <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> > First of all, I am sure that mkmat stores the values correctly, but I
>> >> dont know in which way it stores them.
>> >> >
>> >> > All I want to do is creating a matrix from a variable of my dataset
>> >> (even only 1xT format). However if I use mkmat, matrix list does not
>> yield the
>> >> original values of my variable (as you can see below). Since I would
>> like
>> >> to do some calculations with the created matrix, I would like to check
>> >> whether the matrix contains the correct values.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > mkmat Ticker, matrix(X)
>> >> >
>> >> > . matrix list X
>> >> >
>> >> > X[9,1]
>> >> > Ticker
>> >> > r1 8
>> >> > r2 9
>> >> > r3 2
>> >> > r4 1
>> >> > r5 5
>> >> > r6 4
>> >> > r7 7
>> >> > r8 3
>> >> > r9 6
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