st: RE: RE: Is it possible to write a procedure in Stata that interacts with the user?

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

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Try:


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cap pr drop my_summarize

prog my_summarize
	vers 11.0
	syntax varname
	di in r "Type 1 if you want mean and standard deviation" _n /* 
	*/ "Type 2 if you want median an interquartile range"  /* 
	*/ _request(myrequest)
	qui{
	 su `varlist', det
	if $myrequest==1 {
		noi di _n(2) in r "mean: " r(mean) ", sd: " r(sd)
	}
	else if $myrequest==2 {
		noi di _n(2) in r "median: " r(p50) ", iqr: "
`=r(p75)-r(p25)'
	}
	else{
		noi di _n(2) in r "I said 1 or 2..."
	}
}
end
*******


Then say:


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sysuse auto, clear
my_summarize mpg
//upon request:
1
my_summarize mpg
//upon request:
2
my_summarize mpg
//upon request:
3
*******

HTH
Martin


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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
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Subject: st: RE: Is it possible to write a procedure in Stata that interacts
with the user? 


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Have you had a look at 

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h display
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and the -_request- syntax?

HTH
Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Hoogendoorn,
Adriaan
Sent: Dienstag, 13. April 2010 20:32
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: Is it possible to write a procedure in Stata that interacts
with the user? 

Dear Statalist,

Is it possible to write a procedure that interacts with the user?
To give an example of what I mean, suppose that I could create such an
interacting procedure "my_summarize" (in a do file) ending with:

sysuse auto
my_summarize mpg

Now  I would like Stata to interact with the user, and want Stata to
come up with the following suggestion:
Type 1 if you want mean and standard deviation or
Type 2 if you want median an interquartile range.
Please type either 1 or 2.
.
Typing 1 or 2 from would now result in either the mean and sd of mpg or
its median and iqr.

Is such an approach (or some alternative) possible in Stata?

Kind regards,
Adriaan Hoogendoorn
GGZ inGeest



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