The left single quotes in the variable label are likely the problem. Try
la var ac006 "partner: net income per month (euro)"
and then your graph. Your Stata is out of date, so you should update.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:25 PM, minimus <[email protected]> wrote:
> I of course understand you would not open a file from an unknown source.
> So here are some more details:
>
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> I have typed update qu and stata returns:
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> Stata executable
> folder: C:\Program Files\Stata10\
> name of file: wsestata.exe
> currently installed: 14 Jun 2007
> latest available: 04 Mar 2008
> Ado-file updates
> folder: C:\Program Files\Stata10\ado\updates\
> names of files: (various)
> currently installed: 14 Jun 2007
> latest available: 16 Mar 2008
>
> Recommendation
> Type -update all-
>
> Click to edit automatic update checking preferences
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>
> The problem cannot be a defective installation because I tried the same
> thing on my collegue's machine, on stata 9.
>
>
> Now, I dont know what you mean by "Is ac006 a string variable, or is it
> labeled?".
> I know two things: string or numeric. By "labled" you mean "numeric"?
>
> The variable is numeric and the storage type is float:
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> . describe ac006
>
> storage display value
> variable name type format label variable label
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ac006 float %9.0g `partner: net income per month
> (euro)`
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>
> What can i do now?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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