> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:35 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: st: RE: bugs using _all
>
> Indeed. The sort index is one variable
> and so is part of _all. Here it shows up
> as __000000. So, whether you get results
> or not, -logit _all- is to be avoided.
> So too is -logit *-.
>
<snip>
I reported a very similar (or the same) bug to Tech Support a few weeks ago:
-reg depvar _*- picks up the temporary variable __000000
. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)
. reg price _*
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
price | Coef. Std. Err. t P>|t| [95% Conf.
Interval]
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------------
--
__000000 | -6.052499 16.14739 -0.37 0.709 -38.24173
26.13674
_cons | 6392.225 696.868 9.17 0.000 5003.045
7781.406
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Scott
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