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Re: st: error: xtile2 & Stata 12
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Andrea Bennett <[email protected]>
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Re: st: error: xtile2 & Stata 12
Date
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:33:32 +0100
Thanks for the hint!
However, I found something more convenient: egenmore
best, Andrea
On Dec 15, 2011, at 18:26 , Nick Cox wrote:
> Another way to fix it is just to change the line
>
> if "`nquantiles'"!=""{local nq "n(`nquantiles')"}
>
> to
>
> if "`nquantiles'"!="" local nq "n(`nquantiles')"
>
> Again, a guess.
>
> Nick
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>> -xtile2- is from SSC, as you are asked to explain.
>>
>> The short answer is evidently No. But my guess is that you can fix
>> this program by inserting on a separate line
>>
>> version 7
>>
>> after the line
>>
>> program define xtile2
>>
>> The problem, I guess, is that the syntax in
>>
>> if "`nquantiles'"!=""{local nq "n(`nquantiles')"}
>>
>> is only allowed under version control, and -xtile2- omits a -version-
>> statement, which you should supply.
>>
>> If this guess is wrong, you should naturally say so.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Andrea Bennett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Does there exist an alternative for xtile2 that is
>>> running under Stata 12? I always get the program error:
>>> matching close brace not found, r(198).
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