I found out recently that I've been misunderstanding the version command. It's used in ADO files "to ensure your do-file will continue to work with different versions of Stata", and undoes changes to commands made in later versions. But it doesn't prevent the use of commands added in later versions.
The example to hand is that I'm using mca.ado:
*! version 1.3.1 Philippe VAN KERM, February 1998 STB-42 sg78
and wanted to update the graph plotting. It was possible simply to change the graph command to "twoway scatter" leaving the program to run as "version 5".
Philippe's code:
while `n2'<=`d' {
graph FDim`n2' FDim`n1', s([Flab]) /*
*/ b1("Multiple Correspondence Analysis") /*
*/ b2("Axis `n1'") l1(" ") /*
*/ l2("Axis `n2'") xla yla xline(0) /*
*/ yline(0) border
loc n2 = `n2' + 1
becomes:
while `n2'<=`d' {
twoway scatter FDim`n2' FDim`n1', msym(i) mlab(Flab) mlabpos(c) /*
*/ b1("Multiple Correspondence Analysis") /*
*/ xti("Axis `n1'") yti("Axis `n2'") /*
*/ xline(0) yline(0) `scatopt'
loc n2 = `n2' + 1
The new option scatopt is a string to allow any other twoway options to be passed through the command. It is declared at the start of the program:
Philippe:
loc options "d(integer 0) q(real 0) Notrans"
parse "`*'"
becomes:
* Option scatopt added Sept 2008. RAR.
loc options "d(integer 0) q(real 0) Notrans scatopt(string)"
parse "`*'"
Incidentally, are there any other mca users, and any further developments of the code?
Allan
R Allan Reese
Senior statistician, Cefas
The Nothe, Weymouth DT4 8UB
Tel: +44 (0)1305 206614
Fax: +44 (0)1305 206601
www.cefas.co.uk
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