st: RE: SV: RE: SV: RE: SV: RE: postfile

[Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

This works for me: 

. tempname myfile 

. postfile `myfile' time using postfiletest.dta , replace         
(note: file postfiletest.dta not found)
                                                 
. foreach i in 6 12 18 {                          
  2.         local  time  `i'        
  3.     post  `myfile'   (`time')     
  4.     }

. postclose `myfile'                              

. preserve

. use postfiletest, replace       

. list , noobs

  +------+
  | time |
  |------|
  |    6 |
  |   12 |
  |   18 |
  +------+

. restore

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 

Tomas Lind

This works when I post the i (time-variable) so I suppose I am in the
vicinity of success (however I don´t understand why the full code doesn´t
work (error message r198 about the variable time).

clear
tempname  resul
postfile `resul'  time     using H:\Slask\slask2.dta , replace 	
						
foreach i in 6 12 18 {				
	local  time  `i'	
    post  `resul'   (`time')     
    }
postclose `resul'					

preserve
use H:\Slask\slask2.dta 	, replace	
list , noobs
restore

Nick Cox

I imagine that you need to look more carefully at the variable in question. 

Tomas Lind

I get the following error message (note, the variable time in my example
corresponds to the variable fönster in my real syntax so the error message
is about the variable fönster)



saba_L6

                                                         -- Binomial Exact
--
    Variable |        Obs        Mean    Std. Err.       [95% Conf.
Interval]
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------------
-
     saba_L6 |       3366    .0356506    .0031959        .0296445
.0424797



invalid syntax
post:  above message corresponds to expression 2, variable fönster
r(198);

end of do-file

r(198);


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