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Re: st: How to prevent break in .do file when no observations


From   Eric Booth <[email protected]>
To   "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: How to prevent break in .do file when no observations
Date   Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:50:19 +0000

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Also, try -capture- (see  -help capture-).

- Eric
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Eric A. Booth
Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A&M University
[email protected]



On Apr 11, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Richard Goldstein wrote:

> look at the nostop option (-help do-)
> 
> Rich
> 
> On 4/11/11 10:36 AM, Paul O'Brien wrote:
>> Stata ends an do-file if there are no observations:
>> 
>> . table agecatkt31 if primary == "Other chemical" & ffy==1, row
>> no observations
>> r(2000);
>> 
>> can i prevent the .do file breaking when there are no observations?
>> 
>> thanks,
>> 
>> paul
>> 
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