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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: passing indefinite no of arguments |
| Date | Mon, 2 Apr 2012 23:04:57 +0100 |
Evidently, -date- is a Stata date variable, so although you see 05jan2010 it is a numeric variable and you can check the first value directly. . di mdy(1,5,2010) + 1 18269 The program does what you asked for -- you specify some variables, you get a row total of the rest -- and also exactly what I warned you against, that if the rest are not homogeneous that will break it as far as you are concerned. Also, a do-file does not take options. Nick On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:37 PM, tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I am sorry. I had used r[] instead of r[]. Looks like it is working although I am not sure if it is giving me the right result. > > > > date var_34 var_50 var_90 > 05jan2010 2 1 1 > 06jan2010 3 2 4 > 07jan2010 4 8 5 > 08jan2010 5 4 3 > 09jan2010 6 3 2 > > > > > > so I invoked sumrest var_34 var_50, generate(g), I got > > > > date var_34 var_50 var_90 g | > |----------------------------------------------| > 1. | 05jan2010 2 1 1 18268 | > 2. | 06jan2010 3 2 4 18272 | > 3. | 07jan2010 4 8 5 18274 | > 4. | 08jan2010 5 4 3 18273 | > 5. | 09jan2010 6 3 2 18273 | > +----------------------------------------------+ > > > > Any idea? Also, when I run this as a do file, I get option generate() not allowed.... > > > > Thank you.... > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:32:09 +0100 >> Subject: Re: st: passing indefinite no of arguments >> From: njcoxstata@gmail.com >> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu >> >> I tested it and found two bugs. Please try this >> >> program sumrest >> version 8.2 >> syntax varlist(numeric) [if] [in] , Generate(string) >> marksample touse, novarlist >> qui count if `touse' >> if r(N) == 0 error 2000 >> confirm new var `generate' >> unab all : _all >> local varlist : list all - varlist >> local varlist : list varlist - touse >> egen `generate' = rowtotal(`varlist') if `touse' >> end >> >> > &#! > 10;> >> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:20 PM, tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello Nick, >> > >> > >> > >> > I tried running the code with syntax as a do file. There was an error which reads option generate() not allowed. Any idea? >> > >> > >> > * * 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/