Re: st: Using mkmat with a local as the varlist

[William Buchanan <william@williambuchanan.net>]

webuse hsng2
ivregress 2sls rent pcturban (hsngval = faminc i.region), small
ereturn li
loc instruments `e(insts)'
di `"`instruments'"'

You weren't referencing the _macro_ where the variable names were stored correctly.  

HTH, 
Billy


On Mar 8, 2013, at 2:05 PM, Mauricio Esteban Cuak <cuak2000@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to save the lists of variables from a macro as an argument
> for the mkmat command.
> Here is an example of the use I'm trying to give:
> 
> ******** Begin Code**************
> 
> sysuse auto, replace
> 
> foreach v of var * {
> 	drop if missing(`v')
> }
> 
> qui ivregress gmm price trunk (weight = turn length )
> 
> /*  Now i'd like to construct a matrix with the instruments      */
> 
> /* This works: */
> 
> mkmat trunk turn length, matrix(A)
> 
> /* But this doesn't:  */
> 
> local instruments e(insts)
> 
> mkmat `instruments', matrix(B)
> 
> 
> ***** End of code ********
> 
> I've tried different ways to define the local but I haven't been able
> to make it work. I think the problem is mkmat takes `instruments' as a
> string and not as
> a list of variables, but I don't know how to fix it...
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> M.C.
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