help m1 intro
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Title
[M-1] intro -- Introduction and advice
Contents
[M-1] entry Description
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first Introduction and first session
interactive Using Mata interactively
ado Using Mata with ado-files
help Obtaining online help
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---| How Mata works & finding examples |--------------------------------
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how How Mata works
source Viewing the source code
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returnedargs Function arguments used to return results
naming Advice on naming functions and variables
limits Limits and memory utilization
tolerance Use and specification of tolerances
permutation An aside on permutation matrices and vectors
LAPACK The LAPACK linear-algebra routines
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Description
This section provides an introduction to Mata along with reference
material common to all sections.
Remarks
The most important entry in this section is [M-1] first. Also see [M-6]
glossary.
Also see
Manual: [M-1] intro
Help: [M-0] intro
