Errors with -cii- in .do file (Stata 15 for Mac, with version control to Stata 14)

[Andrew Lover]

Hi all,

Not sure if this is a bug, but running an older .do file with:

version 14
set trace on
cii prop 555 55
set trace off[/CODE]


[PHP]. cii prop 555 55
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ begin cii ---
  - version 14
  - local vv : di "version " string(_caller()) ", missing:"
  - if _caller() < 14.1 {
  - cii_14_0 `0'
  = cii_14_0 prop 555 55
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- begin cii_14_0 ---
    - version 3.1
    - local vv : di "version " string(_caller()) ", missing:"
    - local options "Level(cilevel)"
    - parse "`*'", parse(" ,")
    = parse "prop 555 55", parse(" ,")
    - local 1=`1'
    = local 1=prop
prop not found
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- end cii_14_0 ---
    return add
    exit
    }
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- end cii ---
r(111);

end of do-file

This runs cleanly in Stata 15.

[Clyde Schechter]

I'm getting the same thing on my setup:

. cii prop 555 55

                                                         -- Binomial Exact --
    Variable |        Obs  Proportion    Std. Err.       [95% Conf. Interval]
-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------
             |        555    .0990991    .0126831        .0755297    .1270349

. version 14: cii prop 555 55
prop not found
r(111);

. version 14: cii proportion 555 55
proportion not found
r(111);

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This also verifies that the version: prefix induces the same behavior. And, since I haven't uninstalled version 14, I verified that -cii prop 555 55- runs without error in native version 14.

[daniel klein]

[...] I verified that -cii prop 555 55- runs without error in native version 14.

Do you mean 14.0 or are you referring to an updated version? The documentation (whatsnew) suggests that the syntax with subcommands was added as a feature to the Stata 14.1 update.

Best
Daniel

[Nick Cox]

Daniel is right. Under version control, you are obliged (with version 14) to use the old syntax and cii prop is illegal under that syntax.

Why set the version at all?

[Andrew Lover]

I was re-running an old .do file (14.x), with a new section added.