Why not just use -use- and distribute the .dta file
with the program?
Nick
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>
> I am making an .ado-file to produce a large number of
> standardized incidence
> rates. The program uses data from the standard population stored in
> 'standardpop.dta' which has 3468 records. Now, I have to keep
> this standard
> population with the .ado-file as an ancillary file, and I
> thought it would
> be easier if the data from 'standardpop.dta' could be entered
> automatically
> from inside my .ado-file.
>
> I could do it like this:
>
> clear
> set obs 3468
> input year male age pop
> 1901 0 0 151800
> 1901 0 5 133900
>
> ...etc., but it's hard work!
>
> Could anybody suggest a more efficient way?
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