Program error : invalid name (r198)

[L Rainen]

Hi all,

I am trying to get a program working that would allow me to not rewrite an if else statement 100x to highlight values greater than 0.

However, I am getting the following error when I try to run my code:
:
100,8,2,17 invalid name
r(198);


The code is simply like:

local val = 100
local row = 8
local col = 2
local num = 17


capture program drop myhl
program myhl, rclass
    
args val row col num
    
    local perc = "%"
    if(`val' > 0) {
        putdocx table t`num'(`row',`col')=("`val'`perc'"), halign(right) shading(lime)
    }
    else {
        putdocx table t`num'(`row',`col')=("`val'`perc'"), halign(right)
    }    
local ++row
return local row `row'    
end


* and I am trying to call it with
myhl(`val',`row',`col',`num')

I'm very new to writing, or trying to write, programs in STATA... so any pointers would be most appreciated.

Thanks!

[Nick Cox]

 
 myhl `val' `row' `col' `num'

[L Rainen]

Wonderful! Thanks loads!