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RE: AW: st: -if- and r() in -histogram-


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: AW: st: -if- and r() in -histogram-
Date   Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:04:41 -0000

`r(95)' is evaluated before -histogram- even opens: -histogram- sees only the numeric result. 

That's not true of r(95). In the first instance the text "r(95)" is used and only later it is evaluated. 

That is, you want -histogram- to work with a pre-existing r(95), but inside -histogram- other r-class results are produced and that undermines your aim. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Antoine Terracol

True, but I find it strange that references to r() work with -kdensity- 
(or commands like -summarize-), but hot with -histogram- (nor with 
-graph box-) where `r()' seems to be required.

Martin Weiss wrote:
> <> 
> 
> You do get the correct graph with:
> 
> *************
> clear
> cap graph drop _all
> set obs 1000
> g x=exp(rnormal())
> su x, de
> hist x if x<`r(p95)', name(ha)
> *************
> 
> 
> 
> HTH
> Martin
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Antoine
> Terracol
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Februar 2010 13:24
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: st: -if- and r() in -histogram-
> 
> <>
> 
> of course, all the "hist" below should be "kdensity", and the correct 
> piece of code is
> 
> /**********************/
> clear
> cap graph drop _all
> set obs 1000
> g x=exp(rnormal())
> su x, de
> local p95=r(p95)
> di r(p95)
> kdensity x if x<r(p95), name(ka)
> kdensity x if x<`p95', name(kb)
> kdensity x, name(kc)
> /************************/
> 
> Antoine Terracol wrote:
>> Now, I have not tried all types of graphs, but -kdensity- seems to 
>> behave as expected:
>>
>> /**********************/
>> clear
>> cap graph drop _all
>> set obs 1000
>> g x=exp(rnormal())
>> su x, de
>> local p95=r(p95)
>> di r(p95)
>> hist x if x<r(p95), name(ka)
>> hist x if x<`p95', name(kb)
>> hist x, name(kc)
>> /************************/

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