On Jan 8, 2008 8:20 AM, Austin Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
>.... I suspect P. Wilner Jeanty
> is copying his code into a do-file and running it, rather than copying
> the code directly to the Command window.
That was the context (in David's term) I assumed the problem occured,
and that assumption seems to be right.
> When a do-file finishes executing, locals defined in that file are released from memory, and
> tempfiles are erased, much as happens when a -program- stops
> executing.
Therefore, referring to those tempfiles later on (using such commands
as use, describe, merge, append, ... ) would be in vain or incorrect.
That was my assessment of the problem originating this discussion,
given the code posted.
To put things to a rest, when considering both David's and Austin's
enhancing comments, my assessment was confined in a do-file
perspective, rather than incorrect.
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The Ohio State University
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