.5178703044404551b invalid name

[Silvana Builes]

I am trying to run this code, with which I have had issues before.


gen ln_PERCAPITA= ln(PERCAPITA)

* Regresión

regress ln_PERCAPITA ethnici1 edumo2 edumo3 edufa2 edufa3 female birthreg2 birthreg3 desplazado1 [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1



**Construccion inicadormatrix
matrix b= e(b)'
mat list b

mat rowname b = b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 b9 b10
mat list b
predict mu

** Smoothed distribution
gen mu_tilde= exp(mu) if FG==1
label var mu_tilde "Smoothed distribution"
gen ln_mutilde = ln(mu_tilde)

**drop mu_tilde
** Residuales
gen e= ln_PERCAPITA-mu if FG==1

*las comillas en el r(mean) indican que estoy utilizando una variable macro
sum ethnici1 [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local ethnici1= `r(mean)'
sum edumo2 [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local edumo2= `r(mean)'
sum edumo3 [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local edumo3= `r(mean)'
sum edufa2 [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local edufa2= `r(mean)'
sum edufa3 [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local edufa3= `r(mean)'
sum female [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local female= `r(mean)'
sum birthreg2 [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local birthreg2 = `r(mean)'
sum birthreg3 [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local birthreg3= `r(mean)'
sum desplazado1 [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local desplazado1= `r(mean)'



mat C = (`ethnici1', `edumo2', `edumo3', `edufa2', `edufa3', `female', `birthreg2', `birthreg3' , `desplazado1', 1)

mat list C
mat v= C*b
mat list v

gen v= `ethnici1'*b[1,1] +`edumo2'*b[2,1] +`edumo3'*b[3,1] + `edufa2'*b[4,1] + `edufa3'*b[5,1] + `female'*b[6,1] + `birthreg2'*b[7,1] + `birthreg3'b[8,1] + `desplazado1'*b[9,1] + b[10, 1]

sum v
gen vtilde= exp(v + e) if FG==1
gen ln_vtilde =ln(vtilde)


sum(PERCAPITA) [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local sum_percapita= r(sum)
local mean_percapita= r(mean)
**Generar ln del mean anterior
local ln_meanpercapita= ln(`mean_percapita')


**Logaritmo de los ingresos percapita de cada uno de los indviduos
sum (ln_PERCAPITA) [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local sum_lnpercapita= r(sum)
local sum_wlnpercapita= r(sum_w)

local mld= `ln_meanpercapita' - (`sum_lnpercapita'/`sum_wlnpercapita')
gen mld= `ln_meanpercapita' - (`sum_lnpercapita'/`sum_wlnpercapita')
dis `mld'

** ineqdeco PERCAPITA [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1

**Smoothed distribution
sum(mu_tilde) [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local sum_mutilde= r(sum)
local mean_mutilde= r(mean)
**Generar ln del mean anterior
local ln_meanmutilde= ln(`mean_mutilde')

sum (ln_mutilde) [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local sum_lnmutilde= r(sum)
local sum_wlnmutilde= r(sum_w)

local mldsmooth= `ln_meanmutilde' - (`sum_lnmutilde'/`sum_wlnmutilde')
gen mldsmooth= `ln_meanmutilde' - (`sum_lnmutilde'/`sum_wlnmutilde')
dis `mldsmooth'

*Standardized distribution
sum(vtilde) [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local sum_vtilde= r(sum)
local mean_vtilde= r(mean)
**Generar ln del mean anterior
local ln_meanvtilde= ln(`mean_vtilde')


sum (ln_vtilde) [iw=FEX_C] if FG==1
local sum_lnvtilde= r(sum)
local sum_wlnvtilde= r(sum_w)

local mldstandar= `ln_meanvtilde' - (`sum_lnvtilde'/`sum_wlnvtilde')
gen mldstandar= `ln_meanvtilde' - (`sum_lnvtilde'/`sum_wlnvtilde')
dis `mldstandar'

** IOL (θa) ecuación (10) y (10')
gen iol= mldsmooth
gen iol_std= mld - mldstandar

**IOR (θa) ecuación (11) y (11')
gen ior= mldsmooth/mld
gen ior_std= 1 - mldstandar/ mld


The error is:

gen v= `ethnici1'*b[1,1] +`edumo2'*b[2,1] +`edumo3'*b[3,1] + `edufa2'*b[4,1] + `edufa3'*b[5,1] + `female'*b[6,1] + `birthreg2'*b
> [7,1] + `birthreg3'b[8,1] + `desplazado1'*b[9,1] + b[10, 1]
.5178703044404551b invalid name


Can anyone help me figuring out the mistake?

[Ken Chui]

gen v= `ethnici1'*b[1,1] +`edumo2'*b[2,1] +`edumo3'*b[3,1] + `edufa2'*b[4,1] + `edufa3'*b[5,1] + `female'*b[6,1] + `birthreg2'*b[7,1] + `birthreg3'b[8,1] + `desplazado1'*b[9,1] + b[10, 1]

There is a typo, missing an asterisk.

[Silvana Builes]

Thank you Kenn!!!!

[Silvana Builes]

After running this code once again, i get an error of invalid syntax,


gen v= `ethnici1'*b[1,1] + `edumo2'*b[2,1] + `edumo3'*b[3,1] + `edufa2'*b[4,1] + `edufa3'*b[5,1] + `female'*b[6,1] + `birthreg2'*b[7,1] + `birthreg3'*b[8,1] +
`desplazado1'*b[9,1] + b[10, 1]

I've checed the type of variables, and all them are numeric

Can anyone help me?

[Nick Cox]

There are no variable names on the right-hand side of your command in #4, just local macro names and matrix elements.

There could be a typo in #4 I can't spot -- a vacuous comment -- but otherwise check that the local macros are all visible by typing

macro list

just before your command. I wonder about a bug of the kind explained at

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf...36867X20931028

whereby the local macros have been defined but in some space not visible to your command. This could happen for example if you defined the local macros in a do-file but are using the Command window for the command that will not execute.