st: How to convert matrix to variables in Mata

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

. set obs 16
obs was 0, now 16

. g retvar = .
(16 missing values generated)

. mata
------------------------------------------------- mata (type end to  
exit) ---------
: st_view(X=.,.,("retvar"))

: d1 = (1,3,2,4,3,5,8,10,1,3)

: d2=invvech(d1')

: d3=vec(d2)

: d3
         1
     +------+
   1 |   1  |
   2 |   3  |
   3 |   2  |
   4 |   4  |
   5 |   3  |
   6 |   3  |
   7 |   5  |
   8 |   8  |
   9 |   2  |
  10 |   5  |
  11 |  10  |
  12 |   1  |
  13 |   4  |
  14 |   8  |
  15 |   1  |
  16 |   3  |
     +------+

: X[.,.]=d3

: end
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-----------

. list retvar

     +--------+
     | retvar |
     |--------|
  1. |      1 |
  2. |      3 |
  3. |      2 |
  4. |      4 |
  5. |      3 |
     |--------|
  6. |      3 |
  7. |      5 |
  8. |      8 |
  9. |      2 |
10. |      5 |
     |--------|
11. |     10 |
12. |      1 |
13. |      4 |
14. |      8 |
15. |      1 |
     |--------|
16. |      3 |
     +--------+



Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html


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