Please state the actual problem -- does Stata issue an error when executing the -if-, or is
there some later problem that results in an error or mistaken result?
I would guess that the problem is that the if statement assigns a value to a scalar named t, but
if the t() options is used, it assigns a numlist to a local macro named t. Therefore, if your
code references `t', it won't see the scalar (which is t, not `t'). Perhaps the statement inside
the if should be:
local t "1000"
Michael Blasnik
[email protected]
----- Original Message ----- From: "NEYMOTIN, FLORENCE" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 2:03 PM
Subject: st: options in .ado files
Hi, I have the user entering a string of numbers as an OPTION in a .ado
file, but for some reason, the code I wrote for when the user does NOT
enter the string is not working. In this case, I have :
syntax varlist, [t(numlist)]
and then...
if "`t'"== "" {
scalar t=1000
}
else {
...
}
for some reason, it doesn't like the way that I defined the if statement.
any suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks,
Florence
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