st: Re: running segments of a do-file

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

Open the file in the do-file editor and use the mouse (or pointing  
device) to select the contiguous set of lines that you want to run,  
and hit the Run icon. I use that all the time, and expect that would  
work even in Windows.

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html


On Oct 14, 2005, at 2:33 AM, Cameron wrote:


> Is there a way to run just a part of a do-file without the whole  
> lot? What I typically do is /* */ out everything but the parts I  
> want. What I'd really like to do is cut and paste a few lines into  
> the Stata command window and run them. But it seems (at least in  
> Windows) you can only run single-line commands at a time in the  
> command window.
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