Re: st: unexpected end of file when execute glm

[Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu>]

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Eric A. Booth
Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A&M University
ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu


On Jul 7, 2010, at 11:09 AM, G. Dai wrote:

> I'm on a MAC and stick with Textwrangler. It is free and good though
> it fails to help me in avoiding the mistake.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> wrote:
>> 
>> <>
>> 
>> A text editor with "tags", such as UltraEdit will help you avoid such
>> mistakes...
>> 
>> 
>> HTH
>> Martin
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of G. Dai
>> Sent: Mittwoch, 7. Juli 2010 17:52
>> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> Subject: Re: st: unexpected end of file when execute glm
>> 
>> thanks Eric,  I fixed it. it works now.
>> 
>> But another problem is the glm execute very very slow. Actually, it
>> took me 2 or three hours to finish the command.
>> I don/'t have many obs, about 4000. So, why is it so slow?
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu> wrote:
>>> <>
>>> 
>>> Hi Guang:
>>> 
>>> It looks like the issue might be with the comment in your first line:
>>> 
>>> 13.  svy: glm       r`i'pin r`i'`x'nhu /*parental NH stay experience*
>>> 
>>> you don't close it with  "*/", so Stata keeps looking for the end of the
>> comment, which it never finds.
>>> 
>>> ~ Eric
>>> __
>>> Eric A. Booth
>>> Public Policy Research Institute
>>> Texas A&M University
>>> ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu
>>> Office: +979.845.6754
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jul 7, 2010, at 10:39 AM, G. Dai wrote:
>>> 
>>>> hi all,
>>>> I'm using glm command to estimate a fraction probit model.
>>>> however, when the do file goes to the following part, it always
>>>> remind me the message of
>>>> "unexpected end of file
>>>> r(612);
>>>> "
>>>> I double checked it without finding anything wrong.
>>>> 
>>>> More wired, the do file did work yesterday though very slow. actually,
>>>> it took me hours to finish the estimation.
>>>> 
>>>> any help is appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Guang
>>>> 
>>>> ************************excerpt begins******************
>>>> 
>>>> 13.  svy: glm       r`i'pin r`i'`x'nhu /*parental NH stay experience*
>>>>>               h`i'itot h`i'atotf /*income and financial wealth*/
>>>>>               r`i'conde r`i'adlsa r`i'iadlsa /*health condition and
>> status*/
>>>>>               r`i'nrshom /*past NH experience*/
>>>>>               raedyrs  r`i'agey_b  ragender /*identity*/
>>>>>               h`i'child r`i'hiltc /*health insurance and children*/
>>>>>               i.r`i'cenreg,fam(bi 1) link(probit);
>>>>> estimates store glm_`x';
>>>> 
>>>> unexpected end of file
>>>> r(612);
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 



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