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RE: st: saved local macro


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: saved local macro
Date   Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:47:38 -0000

Another solution is to say 

if r(numbd) == "1" { 

That should work, but I don't recommend it. I'd go the scalar route. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Maarten buis

--- Paul O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote:
> i have a small program cu7 with a saved local macro:
> program cu7, rclass
> local numd 1
> return local numd =`numd'
> end
> 
> but using the program in an ado:
> cu7
> if r(numd) == 1 {
> display r(numd)
> }
> 
> i get:
> . cu7
> . if r(numd) == 1 {
> type mismatch

There are two solutions. First you can refer to the returned result as
`r(numd)' like in the example below:

*--------- begin example ----------
capture program drop cu7
program cu7, rclass
local numd 1
return local numd =`numd'
end
cu7
if `r(numd)' == 1 {
	di "bla"
}
*---------- end example -----------

Second you can return numd as a scalar instead of a local, like in the
example below:

*--------- begin example ----------
capture program drop cu7
program cu7, rclass
local numd 1
return scalar numd =`numd'
end
cu7
if r(numd) == 1 {
	di "bla"
}
*--------- end example -------------


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