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Re: st: Fwd: AIDS model price index
From
Austin Nichols <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: Fwd: AIDS model price index
Date
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:36:30 -0400
Stefano Verde <[email protected]>:
If you rename a temporary variable, it sticks around after the program is done.
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Stefano Verde <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have estimated an AIDS model by adapting Poi's code, which I found in the
> stata 10 manual ("nlsur" command).
>
> The problem is the following: Poi's program uses a temporary variable,
> "lnpindex"; now, I would like to use the values of the latter for my
> own calculations, but this is not possible as "lnpindex"
> is indeed a temporary variable.
>
> How can I overcome this? I'd imagine that I'd need to define
> "lnpindex" as a global macro, instead of a temporary variable.
> However, first I'm not sure if this is correct and then, even if it
> was, I wouldn't know how to modify the code accordingly.
>
> Any help? That would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Stefano Verde
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