Re: st: simulate error

[Mark Baerthel <mail2markb@gmail.com>]

Dear Nick,
Dear Scott,

thank you so much for your help.
I did not realize thet "mark" was an illegal program name !!

Thank you so much.

Kind regards

Mark

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have difficulty knowing what you realised but did not tell us!
>
> However, I see a different and more convincing problem.
>
> -mark- is an existing Stata command. So, any attempt to run a program
> -mark- will always be interpreted in favour of the existing command.
> Your syntax is, as far as official -mark- is concerned, quite illegal.
>
> Hence rename your program so that it does not clash in name with
> existing commands. To check compatibility, use -which-.
>
> Nick
> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>
>
> On 11 March 2014 14:51, Mark Baerthel <mail2markb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Nick,
>>
>> thank you. but that is not the Problem. I already realized that.
>>
>> I still get the error.
>>
>> MB
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> return scalar sd   = r(sd
>>>
>>> is a typo of some kind. You need to close the parentheses.
>>> Nick
>>> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11 March 2014 14:04, Mark Baerthel <mail2markb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> clear all
>>>>
>>>> program define mark, rclass
>>>>
>>>> use ".\dta\full.dta"
>>>> keep if loan_status =="Fully Paid" | loan_status =="Charged Off"
>>>> keep if year == 2010
>>>> keep if term ==" 36 months"
>>>>
>>>> sample 5 if grade=="A" , count
>>>> sample 5 if grade=="B" , count
>>>> sample 5 if grade=="C" , count
>>>> sample 5 if grade=="D" , count
>>>> sample 5 if grade=="E" , count
>>>> sample 5 if grade=="F" , count
>>>> sample 5 if grade=="G" , count
>>>>
>>>> summarize ahpr_matured
>>>> return scalar mean = r(mean)
>>>> return scalar sd   = r(sd
>>>> end
>>>>
>>>> simulate pipi=r(mean) pipi2=r(sd), reps(10): mark
>>>>
>>>> ALWAYS GET THIS ERROR !!
>>>>
>>>> . simulate pipi=r(mean) pipi2=r(sd), reps(10): mark
>>>> nothing found where name expected
>>>> an error occurred when simulate executed mark
>>>> r(198);
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> why ??
>>>>
>>>> thank you so much.
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