you are just missing a space character after -scalar- at line
	scalar`degreef'=e(df_m)
replace it by 
	
	scalar `degreef'=e(df_m)
Pat Joly
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anna-Lisa Pierre [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: June 06, 2002 10:38 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Stata programming and the scalar/tempname command
> 
> 
> Hi this is a bit of a programme that I am writing. Can anyone 
> spot why it 
> does not work? The scalar commands do not appear to work. I get the 
> following error "= invalid name" and "unrecognized command:  
> scalar__0000OP" 
> when I run the programme. Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
>   tempname catnum degreef obs
>   tempvar scoreqq scor_uqq scor_nqq diffqq1
> 
>   noisily oprobit `*' `if' [`weight'`exp']
> 
>   scalar `catnum'=e(k_cat)
>   scalar`degreef'=e(df_m)
>   scalar `obs' = e(N)
> 
>   predict `scoreqq' `if', xb
>   ge `scor_uqq' = `scoreqq'
>   replace `scor_uqq' =. if `1'==.
>   ge `scor_nqq' = `scor_uqq'
>   replace `scor_nqq' = `scor_uqq' - _b[`2'] if `2'==1
>   replace `scor_uqq' = `scor_nqq' + _b[`2'] if `2'==0
> 
>   ge `diffqq1' = normprob(_b[_cut1]-`scor_uqq') -   
> normprob(_b[_cut1]-`scor_nqq')  if `1'~=.
> 
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