Presumably the ambiguity of -end- is the issue here.
Svend's solution is good and may well be the best for you.
An alternative is to read the data from a file. Another
alternative is
program _entryD
version 8
clear
set obs 2
gen x = cond(_n == 1, 1, 4)
gen y = cond(_n == 1, 2, 5)
gen z = cond(_n == 1, 3, 6)
end
Naturally the implementation of that approach would be much messier
if your real example is more complicated than what you give here.
Nick
[email protected]
Svend Juul replied to Zhiqiang:
The following simple program doesn't work. There may be several
alternatives to achieve the task. However, I would like to know if there
is any way to add -input- in a program.
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program define _entryD
input x y z
1 2 3
4 5 6
end
end
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You can put the input lines in a do-file, and let the ado-file
call the do-file:
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program define _entryD
do c:\ado\personal\_entryD.do
end
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* c:\ado\personal\_entryD.do
input x y z
1 2 3
4 5 6
end
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