Re: st: What is this mode called? And how to get out of it?

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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"The other thing that comes to mind is -input-."

I thought about -input- as well, but Rachel would have to add the data type 
"string" to get the behavior she describes. A mere -input- would assume 
numeric data, and those would lead to the message "cannot be read as a 
number"...




HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eva Poen" <eva.poen@gmail.com>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: st: What is this mode called? And how to get out of it?


> Rachel,
>
> there are several possibilities. The fault may lie with a loop that
> you forgot to close in interactive mode. For example:
>
> . forvalues x = 1/10 {
>  2. blah
>  3. blubb
>  4. exit
>  5.
>
> In this case, a closing brace } will close the loop and make Stata
> execute the loop. Or you interactively used -program- :
>
> . program hello
>  1. This
>  2. has
>  3. numbers
>  4. end
>
> In this case, type -end-. The other thing that comes to mind is
> -input-. Typing -end- will help here, too.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Eva
>
>
> 2009/3/24 Rachel <academicgirl@gmail.com>:
> > Occasionally, even without the -pause- command, Stata goes into a mode
> > in which anytime I type a command, it simply reprints it with a number
> > next to it. For example,
> >
> > 1. exit, clear
> > 2. quit
> > 3. su var1
> >
> > The command that gets Stata out of pause mode, -quit-, doesn't work in
> > this case. What is this mode called? And what command will let me exit
> > this mode and get back to the regular command line?
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > Rachel
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