Kit Baum replies:
> In response to Brendan's desire to generate a Stata matrix from its
> lower triangle: if this is meant to be a 4x4 matrix, what is on the
> diagonal? I have put zeroes on the diagonal:
That's correct, it's a dissimilarity matrix.
> clear
> input v1 v2 v3
> 1 1 0
> 1 2 12
> 1 3 13
> 1 4 14
> 2 2 0
> 2 3 23
> 2 4 24
> 3 3 0
> 3 4 34
> 4 4 0
> end
> mkmat v3,mat(a)
> mata: st_matrix("b",invvech(st_matrix("a")))
> mat list b
Thanks for that solution -- it points me towards Mata which I had
been studiously ignoring.
Unfortunately, if I understand things correctly, this introduces a
size limitation: for an m*m dissimilarity matrix, the "mkmat
v3,mat(a)" statement will create an m*(m-1)/2 vector. If I want m
to run up close to the "set matsize" limit, this is not possible.
(My understanding might be wrong: if I say "set matsize 100" I can
create 100*100 matrices but not 101*1 vectors?).
Brendan
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