Re: st: Running a model using global macro statement

["Eric A. Booth" <eric.a.booth@gmail.com>]

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This a issue with the quotes. Your global regressionstatement doesnt
need all those quotes around the globals, nor the extra set of quotes
to embed spaces.  First, you should read the -help quotes- file about
double compound quotes because it's useful anytime you are working
with macros that contain multiple quotes or nested quotes as you are
attempting to do.  But in this case the issue is that you just do not
need quotes at all.  Nesting your globals in the
${regressionstatement} without quotes will insert the proper spaces.

So




On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Sam Asin <asin.sam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, this is my first post here!
>
> I am trying to create a do file that runs a logit command.  I use a
> global macro statement to set up the regression, it's called
> $regressionstatement.
>
> global regressionstatement "$regtype" "$dependentvar" " "
> "collection2" " " "$zipind" " " "$dateind" " " "$kenparam"
> "$ifstatement" ", " "$options"
>
>
>
> At the bottom of my code, it invokes $regressionstatement.  However, I
> get this error:
>
> 2" " invalid name
> r(198);
>
>
>
> However, if I write:
>
> display "$regressionstatement"
>
>
> and then copy paste the output onto my command line and run it, it
> works.  I also tried:
>
> "$regressionstatement"
>
> to no avail, as well as:
>
> global test "$regressionstatement"
>
> $test
>
> How can I make my code run the regressoin statement that I've made
> without requiring the additional manual input?  For what it's worth,
> I've included the code of interest below.
>
>
>
>
> global regressionstatement "$regtype" "$dependentvar" " "
> "collection2" " " "$zipind" " " "$dateind" " " "$kenparam"
> "$ifstatement" ", " "$options"
>
>  display "$regressionstatement"
> logit event90 collection2 i.zipspecial i.date dage1-dage8 cohort96
> cohort97 cohort98 cohort99 cohort00 cohort01 cohort02 cohort03
> cohort04 cohort05 cohort06 cohort0
>> 7 cohort08 ltv1 ltv2 ltv3 ltv4 ltv5 fico1 fico2 fico3 fico4 xfc11 xfc12 xfc13 xfc14 xfc21 xfc22 xfc23 xfc24 xfc31 xfc32 xfc33 xfc34 xfc41 xfc42 xfc43 xfc44 oupb1-
>> oupb4 fdti1 fdti2 fdti3 fdti4 bdti1 bdti2 bdti3 bdti4 sato1-sato2  second_lien metro units condo if def_obs_count<2, vce(robust)
> .
> $regressionstatement
> 2" " invalid name
> logit event90 collection2 i.zipspecial i.date dage1-dage8 cohort96
> cohort97 cohort98 cohort99 cohort00 cohort01 cohort02 cohort03
> cohort04 cohort05 cohort06 cohor
>> t07 cohort08 ltv1 ltv2 ltv3 ltv4 ltv5 fico1 fico2 fico3 fico4 xfc11 xfc12 xfc13 xfc14 xfc21 xfc22 xfc23 xfc24 xfc31 xfc32 xfc33 xfc34 xfc41 xfc42 xfc43 xfc44 oupb
>> 1-oupb4 fdti1 fdti2 fdti3 fdti4 bdti1 bdti2 bdti3 bdti4 sato1-sato2  second_lien metro units condo if def_obs_count<2, vce(robust)
> note: 33890.zipspecial != 0 predicts success perfectly
>       33890.zipspecial dropped and 60 obs not used
>
> etc.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sam
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