Re: [Gretl-devel] --send-data (with 'foreign'): more control needed

Am 07.11.2014 um 04:08 schrieb Allin Cottrell: > On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Allin Cottrell wrote: > >> On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Sven Schreiber wrote: >> >>> this is a feature request or alternatively a request for help finding >>> another solution... >>> >>> When doing >>> "foreign language=xxx --send-data" >>> I would like to specify a list of series that is being sent, instead of >>> the whole dataset, e.g. like this: >>> "foreign language=xxx --send-data=mylist" >>> where of course 'mylist' must exist. >>> >>> This way I could (trivial example ahead) run a regression in R while >>> controlling from the gretl side the exact variables that I want to use >>> in there, and _without_ having to know their names within R. Inside R I >>> would just use the generic 'gretldata' name for all the data that is >>> passed. The ordering of series/variables inside the list would be >>> important, however. >>> >>> Or can this be achieved already somehow? >> >> It can be achieved by passing the data in question in the form of a matrix. >> The --send-data option won't do that but the User's Guide describes how to >> pass matrices back and forth. >> >> However, I like the idea of adding an optional list parameter to the >> --send-data option. That would not be difficult. > > It's now in CVS; snapshots will follow. > Maybe we have a misunderstanding on what this change is supposed to be doing, but I tried for example the following: <hansl> open abdata.gdt list tobepassed = EMP WAGE foreign language=R --send-data=tobepassed print(gretldata) end foreign </hansl> And R prints all the variables of abdata.gdt, not just the ones in the list 'tobepassed'. (And I've also tried print(tobepassed) which gives an error.