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st: help! Strange error in Stata


From   "Kyle K. Hood" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: help! Strange error in Stata
Date   Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:42:35 -0400

This code (within a do-file)

. sum year
. local minyear = r(min)
. local maxyear = r(max)
. local yrdiff = `maxyear� - `minyear� // T-1

Generates the following result (and error):

Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
year | 2244 1979.5 12.70126 1958 2001
`maxyear� invalid name
r(198);

When I type the same code on the command line, I don't get the error -- 
however, when I erase and retype the code within the do-file, I get the 
same error. I am running Stata/SE 9. I really have no idea what is going 
on. I have scrutinized for spelling, etc. The code that I sent was 
copied out of the do-file directly. I do wonder about the right single 
quote (it looks funny), but I am using Stata's do-file editor, and am 
using the single-quote-key directly to the left of the "enter" key. Can 
anyone help?


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