Richard Williams <[email protected]> asks:
> Thanks Ken. So, to modify Nick's example, if my program is written in 8.2
> but I want to let the 9.0 users use the new level options, could I say
>
> program myprog
> version 8.2
> local oktype = cond(`c(version)' < 9, "integer `c(level)'",
> "cilevel")
> syntax ... , ... Level(`oktype')
>
> Eventually I may write a version for Stata 9, but in the meantime it seems
> a shame to cripple the program for Stata 8 users if all you are doing is
> adding support for the new level options. There are lots of other
> user-written programs that use integer levels, so programmers who are so
> inclined could make one quick change in them without having to set version
> to a higher number.
Almost. There is one error in the original suggestion (I did not
see it previously). Instead of checking against `c(version)'
check against `c(stata_version)'.
So it should look something like
program myprog
version 8.2
local oktype = cond(`c(stata_version)' < 9, ///
"integer `c(level)'", "cilevel")
syntax ... , ... Level(`oktype')
...
Ken Higbee [email protected]
StataCorp 1-800-STATAPC
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