Dear Kit,
Thanks. I ended up using st_data to create a matrix in mata from a
subset of my variables using the command:
I = st_data(., "var 1", "var2", etc.)
I then processed each row in succession. I am now stuck trying to go
back with the results.
Sincerely,
Tom
On 10/16/07, Kit Baum <[email protected]> wrote:
> Contrary to another poster's comment, st_view() will not help here.
> st_view allow you to access Stata's variables, not matrices or
> "vectors" (note that Stata does not have a vector data type; all
> "vectors" are matrices with a unit subscript on one dimension. Mata
> has true vectors, rowvectors and colvectors).
>
> st_local
> st_global
> st_numscalar
> st_matrix
>
> allow you to do the same with Stata's macros, scalars and matrices.
> They all have one- and two-argument forms. The one-argument form
> allows you to access the Stata object; the two-argument form allows
> you to update the contents (or indeed create) the Stata object. See
>
> help m4_stata
>
> for a complete list of the functions of this nature.
>
>
> Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
> http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
> An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
> http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html
>
>
> On Oct 16, 2007, at 2:33 AM, statalist-digest wrote:
>
> >
> > If one is working with program or do file in Stata and wishes to move
> > to Mata within the program to use a Mata function for a matrix or
> > vector defined in the Stata program, is this possible?
>
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>
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Thomas Jacobs
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