Advanced programming and automation in Stata · Introduction

Introduction

What this guide covers

Introduction Introduction Engineering and automation of statistical processes

Overview

Topics covered

Introduction
Advanced programming in Stata
Replacement of text and macro variables at low level
Internal dereferencing mechanics
Extended macro functions
Recursive dereferencing and evaluation of system variables

Related concepts

Main connections

Compatible notation

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\text{Parser Stata (syntax)} \quad \longrightarrow \quad \begin{cases} \text{varlist} & \rightarrow \text{Mapped in the local vector} \text{\textasciigrave varlist\textquoteright} \\ \text{if/in} & \rightarrow \text{Mapped in the macros of subset} \text{\textasciigrave if\textquoteright, \textasciigrave in\textquoteright} \\ \text{options} & \rightarrow \text{Initialization of specific locations for each option} \end{cases}

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\text{Parser Stata (syntax)} \quad \longrightarrow \quad 
          \begin{cases} 
            \text{varlist} & \rightarrow \text{Mapped in the local vector} \text{\textasciigrave varlist\textquoteright} \\
            \text{if/in} & \rightarrow \text{Mapped in the macros of subset} \text{\textasciigrave if\textquoteright, \textasciigrave in\textquoteright} \\
            \text{options} & \rightarrow \text{Initialization of specific locations for each option}
          \end{cases}