I am not clear what your question is, but you are quoting from a FAQ labelled
"Note: This FAQ is relevant for users of releases prior to Stata 8."
Unless you are using Stata 7 or earlier,
1. There is no reason I can think of why you should write your own program for displaying frequency distributions. If official commands do not suit, there are several others.
2. -histogram- with appropriate options can do what this program does, and much, much more.
Nick
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Katia Bobulova
I am trying to make a frequency plot of my variables.
I have found good suggestions on the Web, however I don't have
understood very well how to program and how to create my personal ado.
file in Stata.
I have found this example to create an ado file, in the Stata FAQ
section: http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/graphics/freqplot.html
-----------------------------------------freqplot.ado
program define freqplot
version 7.0
syntax varlist(max=1)
tempvar
qui egen `y' = group(`varlist')
qui sum `y'
local x = int(r(max)) - int(r(min)) + 1
graph `varlist', histogram freq bin(`x')
end
-----------------------------------------freqplot.ado
However, I don't know how to reproduce it by myself.
Could you please explain me how to do?
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