st: Arguments in the -ml-

["Mentzakis, Emmanouil" <e.mentzakis@abdn.ac.uk>]

Dear all, 

When estimating a LogL function with -ml-, e.g.

program test
  version 9.1
  args lnf xb theta1
      qui replace `lnf' = ln(...) if $ML_y1 == 1
      qui replace `lnf' = ln(...) if $ML_y1 == 2
       .
       .
       . 
end

ml model lf test (y= ) / theta1
ml maximize

How does Stata know that -xb- corresponds to the first equation and
-theta1- to the second?

Should the order that the arguments appear in -args- be the same as the
order they appear in the LogL?


Thank you
Manos

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