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Re: st: RE: no display
From
Abhimanyu Arora <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: RE: no display
Date
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:06:42 +0100
Hi Nick
Thanks very much indeed :-)
Cheers
Abhimanyu
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes indeed. Scalars and variables share the same namespace. When you ask for
>
> . di AINT
>
> Stata interprets that as a reference to youre variable -AINT_num- and -display-s it to the best of its ability; in practice it will show -AINT_num[1]-.
>
> You can solve this by one or more of
>
> 1. Disallowing variable name abbreviations. -set varabbrev off- if I recall correctly.
>
> 2. Using scalar names that are quite distinct from variable names.
>
> 3. Using -scalar(AINT)- to flag that you want the scalar.
>
> This is all documented, but for a helpful reprise start with
>
> SJ-6-2 dm0021 . Stata tip 31: Scalar or variable? Problem of ambiguous names
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. I. Kolev
> Q2/06 SJ 6(2):279--280 (no commands)
> tips for avoiding abbreviation conflicts with variables
> when naming scalars
>
> which is accessible, online.
>
> . search author, kolev
>
> gives a clickable link.
>
>
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Abhimanyu Arora
> Sent: 14 March 2012 15:36
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: no display
>
> Dear statalist
>
> The following link could show the strange problem I am facing
> I follow same procedure twice but in one case stata displays the
> scalar (ATNT) while for the other case does not.
> http://screencast.com/t/oq6sdsL0
>
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