STATA 11 for Windows SAMPLE SESSION - Food Security Group ...

Stata 11 Sample Session Section 2 – Restructuring Data Files – Table Lookup & Aggregation
Document the do-file with
comments
window:
drop _merge
3. Click on File/Save As...
4. Filename is hh-file3
5. Click on Save.
6. Copy the three commands and paste them into the
do-file.
7. Close the log file. Type in the Command
window
8. Copy this command into the do-file.
Remember to save the contents of the Do-file Editor to a
permanent file so you can use it another time.
1. The Do-File Editor should be the active window
2. Click on File/Save As...
3. Use the filename session2
The .do extension will be added automatically.
This file now contains all the commands that you pasted
either from the Command window or from the Review
window or from dialog boxes.
Note: Whenever you do any substantial amount of work,
you should always copy the commands to a do-file and
save the file so that you have documentation on what
analysis you have done and so you can repeat the
analysis without building all the commands again.
Documenting the do-file with comments can save you
much time trying to remember what analysis you did and
why.
Let's see how you would retrieve the do-file you just
created. To exit Stata
1. Click on File then Exit
Stata will prompt you if you have not saved the
data file and will give you an opportunity to
return to the program to save the data file.
If you do not want to save your data file,
click on “yes” to exit.
Start Stata again. To open our do-file:
1. Click on Window then Do-file editor then New
Do-file or press or you can click on the
Do-file editor icon on the tool bar.
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