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Re: st: Re: Two-word commands with gettoken


From   Augusto Cadenas <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Re: Two-word commands with gettoken
Date   Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:58:05 -0500

Martin, thank you. Sure, the -if- command is all on one line. Thanks
for the globals suggestion. So for example I could do

*** begin code ***

       program define mycmd
               gettoken subcmd 0: 0
				if "`subcmd'"=="reg" | "`subcmd'"=="areg" | "`subcmd'"=="xtreg"{
					global command `"`subcmd'"'
					mycmd_ols `0'
               }
					... ...
       end

       program define mycmd_ols
               di " $command"
       end

...

*** end code ***

or how is the use of global within -gettoken- to be understood? I tried

***
               gettoken (global) subcmd 0: 0
***

but it did not work.

Thanks,

AC

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> <>
>
> Are you positively sure that your -if- conditions are all on one logical
> line? That is what I stumbled upon. Still, `subcmd' is -local- to -mycmd-
> which you can easily see from a -display- in mycmd_ols
>
> *****
>       program define mycmd
>               gettoken subcmd 0: 0
>               if "`subcmd'"=="reg" | "`subcmd'"=="areg" |
> "`subcmd'"=="xtreg"  {
>                       mycmd_ols `0'
>               }
>               else if  "`subcmd'"=="ivreg" | "`subcmd'"=="xtivreg" |
> "`subcmd'"=="ivreg2" | "`subcmd'"=="xtivreg2"{
>                       mycmd_iv `0'
>               }
>               else    error 199
>       end
>
>       program define mycmd_ols
>               di "`subcmd'"
>       end
>
>       program define mycmd_iv
>       di "`subcmd'"
>       end
> ********
>
> -h gettoken- also talks about the possibility to put its results into a
> -global- which should be a way out for you...
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
> _______________________
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Augusto Cadenas"
> <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 9:09 PM
> Subject: st: Two-word commands with gettoken
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a question about -gettoken- and programming in Stata. The stata
>> help file suggests that -gettoken- can be used to create a two-word
>> command. This is the example that is given:
>>
>> *** begin example ***
>>
>>       program define mycmd
>>               gettoken subcmd 0: 0
>>               if "`subcmd'"=="list" {
>>                       mycmd_l `0'
>>               }
>>               else if "`subcmd'"=="generate" {
>>                       mycmd_g `0'
>>               }
>>               else    error 199
>>       end
>>
>>       program define mycmd_l
>>               ...
>>       end
>>
>>       program define mycmd_g
>>               ...
>>       end
>>
>> *** end example ***
>>
>> I wonder how I could use the `subcmd' that has been determined by the
>> first program, -mycmd-, within the sub-programs -mycmd_l- and
>> -mycmd_g- without referring to it explicitly. To make a concrete
>> example: In my case I want a program to do two similar, but slightly
>> different things depending on whether I am doing an OLS regression or
>> an IV regression. So the setup I have in mind is like:
>>
>> *** begin example ***
>>
>>       program define mycmd
>>               gettoken subcmd 0: 0
>>               if "`subcmd'"=="reg" | "`subcmd'"=="areg" |
>> "`subcmd'"=="xtreg" {
>>                       mycmd_ols `0'
>>               }
>>               else if  "`subcmd'"=="ivreg" | "`subcmd'"=="xtivreg" |
>> "`subcmd'"=="ivreg2" | "`subcmd'"=="xtivreg2" {
>>                       mycmd_iv `0'
>>               }
>>               else    error 199
>>       end
>>
>>       program define mycmd_ols
>>               ...
>>               `subcmd' `0'
>>               ...
>>       end
>>
>>       program define mycmd_iv
>>               ...
>>               `subcmd' `0'
>>               ...
>>       end
>>
>> *** end example ***
>>
>> But this does not work, I guess because `subcmd' is not recognized
>> within the next program. How do I get around that? It's two days I'm
>> trying and I haven't found a solution. Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> AC
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