st: Re: use a Stata package like moremata via adopath?

[Christopher Baum <kit.baum@bc.edu>]

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Arie,

Your problem is not one of access to the routine, but in calling it. Mata functions must be called as functions, not like Stata commands. Remember, everything in Mata is a function (or a directive).

. mata:mm_collapse
                 <istmt>:  3499  mm_collapse not found
r(3499);

. mata:mm_collapse()
           mm_collapse():  3001  expected 3 to 14 arguments but received 0
                 <istmt>:     -  function returned error
r(3001);

I have moremata installed, and can reproduce your error message. But if I call mm_collapse as a function, it clearly knows that it is available.

Generally, as long as you place materials on the adopath, they are accessible. My BC econometrics students use Stata on a Citrix server, and cannot install items on that server, but they can use -ssc install- to install items in one of their own directories, which is PLUS on their adopath.

Thanks
Kit

On Mar 22, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Arie ten Cate <A.ten.Cate@cpb.nl>
 wrote:

> Dear Christopher,
>  
> Is it possible to run packages like moremata (required for GSAMPLE) when running Stata over a network, without write access to the software on the server?
>  
> I stored all unzipped files from moremata.zip in my adopath, but this seems not to work.
> I tested this with the command:     mata: mm_collapse
> This gave:   <istmt>:  3499  mm_collapse not found
>  
> Thanks for any reply,
>  
>    Arie ten Cate
>  
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