Re: st: _gcorr.ado question

[Nick Winter <nw53@cornell.edu>]

Without knowing what--exactly--you typed, it is impossible to be sure.

But this works for me:

 . sysuse auto
 . egen newvar = corr(mpg price)

What are you typing?

Note, by the way, I'm now at nw53@cornell.edu

At 11:59 AM 9/23/2005, you wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> I was using your _gcorr.ado program file. I loaded the ado file properly into
> stata (which recognizes the program). I then try to run the command using the
> syntax you specified on  the stata listserve [by varlist:] egen newvar = var1
> var2 [if exp] [in exp] [ ,covariance ].
>
> But, unfortunately, I received a r198 error, indicating that the syntax is not
> correct.  Do you have any idea why I am receiving this message?
>
> Thanks,
> Jacob
>
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