Thank you for this comment.
I recently tried this and found that version control
works as it should, that is only integers are allowed
when running an ado written for version 8.2 under 9.0.
-Allen Buxton
--- Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> In general, my advice is not to issue a program for
> a version you don't have yourself, as you then
> depend on others testing it.
>
> In this case, you might try something like this
>
> program myprog
> version 8.2
> local oktype = cond(`c(version)' < 9, "integer",
> "real")
> syntax ... , ... Level(`oktype' `c(level)')
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Richard Williams
>
> > In Stata 9.0, level need not be an integer
> anymore, e.g. it can be
> > 99.99. Further, looking at the docs for the 9.0
> -version-
> > command, I don't
> > see any indication that -level- reverts to old
> behavior under version
> > control. Ergo, for a program written under 8.2,
> instead of coding
> > something like
> >
> > Level(integer `c(level)')
> >
> > on the syntax command would it be better to code
> >
> > Level(string)
> >
> > and also dropping any error checks for level being
> between 10
> > and 99? I
> > know that can delay error checking but I think
> Stata itself
> > will generate
> > errors quickly enough if the level is illegal.
>
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