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| From | tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com> |
| To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | RE: st: passing indefinite no of arguments |
| Date | Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:42:21 +0000 |
Thanx Nick. I realised later I also added the date. Good day... Tashi > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 23:14:35 +0100 > Subject: Re: st: passing indefinite no of arguments > From: njcoxstata@gmail.com > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > > It does work; I edited incorrectly. > > . di mdy(1,5,2010) + 1 > 18268 > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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/ * * 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/