From marcin@nsb.pl Sat Aug 14 14:10:36 2010
From: Marcin =?utf-8?q?B=C5=82a=C5=BCejowski?= <marcin@nsb.pl>
To: gretl-devel@gretlml.univpm.it
Subject: [Gretl-devel] Bug in script?
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:10:30 +0200
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From cottrell@wfu.edu Sat Aug 14 14:17:38 2010
From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell@wfu.edu>
To: gretl-devel@gretlml.univpm.it
Subject: Re: [Gretl-devel] Bug in script?
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:17:37 -0400
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2010, Marcin B�^Bażejowski wrote:

> suppose we have series and want to add values to some observations.
> Following script doesn't work:
> <script>
> nulldata 120
> series y = normal()
> loop for (i=1; i<=109; i+=12)
>      genr y[$i] += 1000
> endloop
> </script>

Yes, something needs fixing with the "$i" read. But notice that
there's no need to use string substitution in this case. If you
replace the line in the loop with

  genr y[i] += 1000

it works as expected.

Allin


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From cottrell@wfu.edu Sun Aug 15 20:53:30 2010
From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell@wfu.edu>
To: gretl-devel@gretlml.univpm.it
Subject: Re: [Gretl-devel] Bug in script?
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:53:29 -0400
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2010, Allin Cottrell wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010, Marcin B�^Bażejowski wrote:
>
> > suppose we have series and want to add values to some observations.
> > Following script doesn't work:
> > <script>
> > nulldata 120
> > series y = normal()
> > loop for (i=1; i<=109; i+=12)
> >      genr y[$i] += 1000
> > endloop
> > </script>
>
> Yes, something needs fixing with the "$i" read...

It's fixed in CVS.

-- 
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University



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