Hi, just by chance I found that periodic dummies are not named consistently. Currently we have: - quarterly data: dq1 to dq4 - monthly data: dm1 to dm12 - daily (5 days): dummy_1 to dummy_5 I am wondering whether some harmonization is useful here? <hansl> clear set verbose off # quarterly dq* open AWM18.gdt -q list L = dataset genr dummy list N = dataset - L N # monthly -- dm* open hamilton.gdt -q list L = dataset genr dummy list N = dataset - L N # Daily (5 days)  -- dummy_* open b-g.gdt -q eval $datatype list L = dataset genr dummy list N = dataset - L </hansl>

Am 18.02.2021 um 08:07 schrieb atecon: > > After re-thinking my post, I think I should propose some way to > harmonize things: > > If one applies the "dummify" command to some discrete series named > "foo", one gets a list of new series named "D_foo_<VALUE>". Apparently > "D_" is the prefix for a "dummy" while"d_" is the prefix when applying > the "diff" command: > > <hansl> > open denmark > diff LRM > </hansl> > > So in case we agree that harmonizing things would be useful (of > course, fully ok if not) one could make use of either prefix for > periodic dummies:"Dp_" or "dp_". > However, one remark on this: I guess that change is not > backward-compatible. > > Hi Artur, do you want to open a tracker ticket?