To the best of my knowledge, it is not possible to program a new function on
its own.
Of course, it is possible to modify any official command that StataCorp
writes as an ado file; but I think this "hacking" is risky and not
recommended. Of course, you could create a copy of the command (e.g. you
could make a copy of egen, call it egen2) and than modify the copy using
standard -syntax-. According to the difficulty of the command you are
modifying, this way could be quite difficult too.
Another way that might work on occasion is to write a new command
"wrap-around".
The [P] manual is where to look. Start with -syntax-
Best,
Renzo
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*From Jean-Benoit Hardouin <[email protected]>
To Statalist <[email protected]>
Subject st: programation of a new function
Date Fri, 15 Apr 2005 23:47:22 +0200
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Dear all,
I search the way to write a new function (as int() or chol()... not a
command), and I have not find information about this subject in the Stata
manual. Is it possible in Stata to program a new function ? If yes, where
can I find informations ?
Thank you
Jean-Benoit Hardouin
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