gretl 2019b released
by Allin Cottrell
See http://gretl.sourceforge.net/
2019-05-21 version 2019b
- New command "panplot": plot a single panel-data series
- "print" command: new --range option to control the
range to print for series, matrices, arrays and strings
- New command "bkw", now separated from the "vif" command
- "smpl" command: add --unit option for panel data
- "intreg" and "tobit" commands: add --opg option
- "fcast" command: add some support for panel data
- "add" command: ensure that the robust option for the
target model is respected in the panel-data case
- "logistic" command: enable --robust, --cluster and
--fixed-effects options
- "plot" (block) command: make the "data" argument optional,
allowing creation of formula-based plots
- New accessor $now to get current time/date, plus new
functions strftime() and strptime()
- New accessor $parnames to get array of parameter names
from a model
- New function feval(): evaluate a function by name
- New function Lsolve(), using precomputed Cholesky factor
- New function isoweek() to get ISO 8601 week number
- seasonals() function: use ISO 8601 week numbers for dated
weekly data
- epochday() function: support YYYYMMDD input
- randgen() function: support the logistic distribution
- firstobs() and lastobs() functions: add optional boolean
argument to restrict the check to the current sample
- argname() function: add optional fallback argument
- Speed up rank() function for far-from-square matrices
- Stata dta importer: fix for opening of very large files
- Stata dta exporter: fix breakage on MS Windows
- LaTeX output fix: be sure to TeX-escape series names when
printing var F-tests output
- Obscure fix: enable deletion of "time" from a list
supplied as a function argument
- GUI convenience: remember dbnomics search string
- GUI: disallow execution of a script when one is already
in progress (to prevent crashing)
- GUI: enable saving of model as bundle under model-window
Save menu
- GUI, "View as equation" option for models: enable for
cases with more than 5 regressors
- GUI fix: some of the example scripts referenced in the
GUI command help were not being found
- Add configure option --disable-gmp: not recommended for
general use, but can be helpful in some build contexts
where libgmp is not readily available
- Allow use of "dataset sortby" in loops
- Document the --all-cols option for the "open" command
- User's Guide: beef up the Numerical Methods chapter
- Allow use of undefined symbols in the right-hand
operand of "&&": don't flag an error unless the left-hand
operand evaluates as true
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Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC
5 years, 6 months
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