Re: [Gretl-users] problem (or bug?) with loop and strings

On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, artur tarassow wrote: > I've got a problem with the following example. I want to run loop "j" over > different samples where the starting date and ending date are given by > strings (from @temp to @last). If you run this loop "j" separately it > works, but embedding it into the loop "i" does give the error message: > "Data types not conformable for operation". > > <hansl> > open australia > sprintf first "%s", obslabel($t1) > sprintf temp "%s", obslabel($t1+2) > sprintf last "%s", obslabel($t2) > printf "Full sample: @first to @last.\n" > > scalar rep = 10 > > loop i=1..rep > > smpl @first @temp > loop j=@temp..@last > scalar x=0 > smpl ; +1 > x=x+1 > endloop > > endloop > <\hansl> String substitution was not being performed in the loop control expression for an embedded loop. That's now fixed in CVS and snapshots. Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users