| intro (pdf) |
Introduction to programming manual |
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| automation |
Automation |
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| break |
Suppress Break key |
| byable |
Make programs byable |
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| capture |
Capture return code |
| char |
Characteristics |
| class |
Class programming |
| class exit |
Exit class member program and return result |
| classutil |
Class programming utility |
| comments |
Add comments to programs |
| confirm |
Argument verification |
| continue |
Break out of loops |
| creturn |
Return c-class values |
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| _datasignature |
Determine whether data have changed |
| #delimit |
Change delimiter |
| dialog programming |
Dialog programming |
| discard |
Drop automatically loaded programs |
| display |
Display strings and values of scalar expressions |
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| ereturn |
Post the estimation results |
| error |
Display generic error message and exit |
| estat programming |
Controlling estat after user-written commands |
| _estimates |
Manage estimation results |
| exit |
Exit from a program or do-file |
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| file |
Read and write ASCII text and binary files |
| file formats .dta |
Description of .dta file format |
| findfile |
Find file in path |
| foreach |
Loop over items |
| forvalues |
Loop over consecutive values |
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| gettoken |
Low-level parsing |
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| if |
if programming command |
| include |
Include commands from file |
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| levelsof |
Levels of variable |
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| macro |
Macro definition and manipulation |
| macro lists |
Manipulate lists |
| makecns |
Constrained estimation |
| mark |
Mark observations for inclusion |
| matlist |
Display a matrix and control its format |
| matrix |
Introduction to matrix commands |
| matrix accum |
Form cross-product matrices |
| matrix define |
Matrix definition, operators, and functions |
| matrix dissimilarity |
Compute similarity or dissimilarity measures |
| matrix eigenvalues |
Eigenvalues of nonsymmetric matrices |
| matrix get |
Access system matrices |
| matrix mkmat |
Convert variables to matrix and vice versa |
| matrix rownames |
Name rows and columns |
| matrix score |
Score data from coefficient vectors |
| matrix svd |
Singular value decomposition |
| matrix symeigen |
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of symmetric matrices |
| matrix utility |
List, rename, and drop matrices |
| more |
Pause until key is pressed |
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| numlist |
Parse numeric lists |
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| pause |
Program debugging command |
| plugin |
Load a plugin |
| postfile |
Save results in Stata dataset |
| _predict |
Obtain predictions, residuals, etc., after estimation programming command |
| preserve |
Preserve and restore data |
| program |
Define and manipulate programs |
| program properties |
Properties of user-defined programs |
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| quietly |
Quietly and noisily perform Stata command |
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| _return |
Preserve saved results |
| return |
Return saved results |
| _rmcoll |
Remove collinear variables |
| rmsg |
Return messages |
| _robust |
Robust variance estimates |
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| scalar |
Scalar variables |
| serset |
Create and manipulate sersets |
| signestimationsample |
Determine whether the estimation sample has changed |
| sleep |
Pause for a specified time |
| smcl |
Stata Markup and Control Language |
| sortpreserve |
Sorting within programs |
| syntax |
Parse Stata syntax |
| sysdir |
Query and set system directories |
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| tabdisp |
Display tables |
| tokenize |
Divide strings into tokens |
| trace |
Debug Stata programs |
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| unab |
Unabbreviate variable list |
| unabcmd |
Unabbreviate command name |
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| version |
Version control |
| viewsource |
View source code |
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| while |
Looping |
| window programming |
Programming menus and windows |
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| Subject and author index (pdf) |
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