--- [email protected] wrote:
> I have been programming for a couple of years in Stata (now using
> Stata/SE 9.2) and I am currently deciding whether to learn Mata (or
> switch to something like Matlab), so I have a couple of questions:
>
> What is the best way to learn Mata? I bought the books M[0-3] and
> M[4-6], but they are reference guides, not learning books. Is there
> not a book/website, etc. that shows more snippets of code so you can
> actually learn the language by example?
I can recommend the Mata matters column by Bill Gould in the Stata
Journal. The first section of the Mata manual contains general advise
and examples (though not as much as I and apperently you would like).
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room Z434
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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