[Gretl-devel] Re: GUI: choose sample via dummy

On Fri, 17 Apr 2020, Sven Schreiber wrote: > perhaps we discussed this before: While it is possible in the GUI > (menus) to define a dummy indicating the currently active sample, it > doesn't seem directly possible to set the sample based on such a dummy. > I had problems explaining to new users why that is. > > I know you can go to Sample/restrict by condition and then type > something like mydum==1 in the text field. I also know how to do that in > a script. But wouldn't it be more natural if in Sample/choose range > there was a way to simply pick the dummy variable and use that > automatically? Uhm, is this a trick question? The dialog you get with "Restrict, Based on Criterion" has a radio button that does exactly what you say.