Re: st: maybestupid

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@nd.edu>]

At 03:00 PM 3/3/2004 +0100, Andreas Aschbacher wrote:
> Now I know why I posted this "stupid" question  :
>
> 1)
>  -qui sum var1
>  -scalar s = r(sum)
> works as well as :
> 2)
>  - qui summ var1
>  - scalar s = r(sum)
>
> I know about qui and summ(arize),
> but why does delineation 1) work as well ?????? /same results
> I am a little bit confused !
> thanks for help
> andreas aschbacher
-sum- and -summ- are both abbreviations for -summarize-; it isn't like 
there is a separate -sum- command which means "add things up."

But abbreviations can be pretty confusing sometimes!  I try to minimize 
their use in notes I provide to my students, although I'll be as lazy as 
possible when just doing my own stuff.

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