st: Using the knotstvc option within stpm2

["Turnbull, Alison E." <aturnbul@jhsph.edu>]

Hello, 

I've been using stpm2 to fit a flexible parametric survival model.   Everything worked quite smoothly until I tried to specific the location of knots for time-dependent effects.  According to the instructions:

"knotstvc(knotslist) defines numlist knotslist as the location of the interior knots for time-dependent effects. If different knots are required for different time-dependent effects the option is specified, for example, as follows:

knotstvc(x1 1 2 3 x2 1.5 3.5)"

I've successfully run models with knots in the baseline distribution function at time = 3, 7, and 21. 
Adding cumfail_10 and sx_trauma as time-dependent effects substantially improves the fit of the model. 
I'd like to specify that cumfail_10 should have an interior knot at time = 21 and sx_trauma should have an interior knot at time = 24. 

However when I run the following model: 

stpm2 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 cumfail_10 sx_trauma, scale(hazard) knots(3 7 21) tvc(cumfail_10 sx_trauma) knotstvc(cumfail_10 21 sx_trauma 24) eform

I get the following warning: 

"You must give tvc variable names when using knotstvc() option."

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks, 
alison

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