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I have declared a local variable inside my function. And whenever I reference it for a mathematical operation, it gives me the error 'invalid name'. A snippet of the code is given below:
I have put a trace and it stops at the gen v line with 'y: invalid name'. I have tried using `y', $y, y. Nothing works.
Note: The variable y has content, it is not 0. The matrix from ix and y have dimensions that allow the :* operation. nt is not empty.
Where am I going wrong?
I have declared a local variable inside my function. And whenever I reference it for a mathematical operation, it gives me the error 'invalid name'. A snippet of the code is given below:
Code:
cap program drop ix program ix, rclass version 15.1 syntax varlist(numeric min=1 max=1), ix(string) local y `:word 1 of `varlist'' sum `y' . . . tempname nt matrix nt = `ix' gen v = y:*nt . . . //return lists end
Note: The variable y has content, it is not 0. The matrix from ix and y have dimensions that allow the :* operation. nt is not empty.
Where am I going wrong?
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