Hi,

I am using gretl 2016b-git on Windows (x86_64) with build date 2016-02-02.

I ran the following script:

scalar anzahl = 1000

nulldata anzahl

setobs anzahl 1:0001 --special-time-series

The log script follows:

? scalar anzahl = 1000

Generated scalar anzahl = 1000

? nulldata anzahl

periodicity: 1, maxobs: 1000

observations range: 1 to 1000

? setobs anzahl 1:0001 --special-time-series

'anzahl': not a scalar

starting obs '1.0001' is incompatible with frequency

Error executing script: halting

> setobs anzahl 1:0001 --special-time-series

Why is anzahl not a scalar? I explicitly declared it to be so.

How can I make the first observation 1:0001 depending on anzahl? Should I build a string?

Thank you and kind regards,

Thorsten