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From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: tabulate produces inconsistent output? |
Date | Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:45:14 +0000 |
I don't know what went wrong. Contacting tech support would be my recommendation. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Christian Raschke <crasch2@tigers.lsu.edu> wrote: > Thanks for the answer. I did try a different and I achieve the expected > result: -tab- works correctly. Also, a new Stata session on the same machine > produces the expected result: -tab- works correctly. Even slightly different > syntax in the same broken session (e.g. adding a subsetting if statement) > works as expected. > > But the fact that something went very wrong and now I cannot reproduce it is > precisely what worries me. I would at least like to know what happened to be > sure to avoid that in the future. > > Thanks for all replies. Unless someone else has a hunch I will probably end > up taking up the issue with State Tech support. > > Christian > > > On 11/21/2011 10:20 AM, Richard Williams wrote: >> >> At 11:07 AM 11/21/2011, Christian Raschke wrote: >>> >>> Any other opinions? >>> >>> The only suggestion so far is that I update my Stata. But I am fully >>> updated and there are no further updates available, so that is not the >>> problem. >>> >>> I am very concerned because there are no errors or any other problems >>> whatsoever that would indicate a faulty installation or the like. There are >>> no red flags, only clearly incorrect output. >>> >>> Christian >> >> Have you tried running it on another machine? If problems persist, I would >> contact Stata Tech support, and include a copy of your data and program. * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/