RE: Re: st: proceeding beyond roctab 2000 error msg - correction

[David Kantor <dkantor@jhu.edu>]

I might add that it is important to know that _rc is set only for a command 
that occurs under
-capture-.

If you want to see the output of the command AND subsequently test _rc, 
then do...
 capture noisily ...

-- David

At 06:04 PM 6/1/2004 +0100, Nick Cox wrote, in response to Tonya Cropper:

> Yes. I don't think you need [P] to understand _rc.
>
> . whelp _rc
>
> gets you started. _rc is usually zero, whenever
> a command works -- to Stata's satisfaction. If
> you see a message like
>
> unrecognized command:  rgeress
> r(199);
>
> r(199) is _rc of 199 in another guise.
>
> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
>
> Tonya Cropper
>
> > What is _rc ? Return code?  Does every command have a _rc? I
> > really need to buy the [P] manual.
David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
dkantor@jhu.edu
410-516-5404

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