I think I figured out the answer to question #2. I
need to use a pointer as described in pages 133-134 in
the mata manual.
I'd still be curious about the answer to #1, though.
Thanks
--- Matissa Hollister <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have two quick questions about using mata:
> 1) is there a way to get mata to evaluate the
> content
> of a string scalar, e.g.:
>
> if I type:
> b="4+5"
>
> then I later type:
> b
> it returns
> 4+5
>
> is there a way that I can get it to evaluate b, i.e.
> return 9?
>
> 2) Is there an easy way to have a function be an
> argument for another function? Basically, I'd like
> to
> define a function that allows for different methods
> for calculating a value, so I'd like to be able to
> specify as an argument for the function which
> calculation function to use. I could enter the
> calculation function name as a string, and then
> concatenate the arguments to the string. Then I get
> back to problem 1), how to get mata to execute the
> concatenated string.
>
> Thanks for the help. I'm a very rudimentary stata
> programmer so I apologize if I'm missing something
> obvious.
>
> MNH
>
>
>
>
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