Re: st: RE: whereabout of some stata ados.

[adiallo5@worldbank.org]

Many thanks Nick,
I am on my way to upgrade to stata 9.
For the search, I typed: net search ca.
Which returns "no matches" in stata 8.2.
I then tried "findit ca", with the same answer.
Does this mean that older versions of stata
are unable to find new ados of new versions?
Regards.
Amadou.




                                                                                                                                               
                      "Nick Cox"                                                                                                               
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I am not quite clear on what the real difficulty here is.
I sense misconceptions on one or possibly two levels.

"I discover a new command in the stata official website
(ca, which is an alternative to factor command and performs
correspondence analysis) but I couldn't find it."

I guess what you mean here is that you found documentation
for -ca-, but you couldn't find the program.

-ca- is part of official Stata 9. You won't find the program
on the internet, at least not legally. You have to upgrade
to Stata 9 to use it.

If -net search- displays no result, there are three main
explanations I can think of:

1. The program does not exist.

2. You specified poor key words.

3. The search engine couldn't find it. (For example, the
server supporting SSC occcasionally crashes.)

Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk

> I experience often a problem with stata.
> Sometimes, when looking for an ado file over the net,
> it is impossible to find it.
> For example, lately, I discover a new command
> in the stata official website (ca, which is an alternative
> to factor command and performs correspondence analysis)
> but I couldn't find it. Even a search within google displays no
> result.
> Where can I find ados, when the net search command displays
> no result?

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