st: ignoring "maximum number of iterations" error error in a loop

["Andrade, Sandro" <sandrade@exchange.sba.miami.edu>]

Dear all

I am running into problems when a loop stops because of an error
message. I want the loop to continue regardless of the error. 

Let me be more precise:

My dataset has a panel format, in which ticker is the "non-time"
dimension. I have a time-series of "spread" for each of the several
tickers numbered 1 through 150.

I want to estimate a model for "spread" by NLS for all tickers, and to
keep fitted values. The model is defined on the program cg_calibra.

I have the following loop:

forvalue i=1/150 {
       capture nl cg_calibra spread if ticker==`i'
	predict modelimplied`i' 
				}

The problem is that for a few tickers the NLS does not converge before
the maximum number of iterations is reached. I get error r(498) and the
loop stops.

I do not want to increase the number of iterations to avoid being
trapped in a flat surface. How do I tell Stata 10 to continue the loop
for the following ticker in case the maximum number of iterations is
reached for some ticker?

Thanks!!!
Sandro.


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