Re: [Gretl-users] Loop not automatically ending when error?

-----Original Message----- From: gretl-users-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu [mailto:gretl-users- bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu] On Behalf Of Wingenroth, Thorsten Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 5:07 PM To: Gretl list Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] Loop not automatically ending when error? Thanks to all your responses. My Version is 1.10.0cvs under Windows. I noticed that you even don't have to comment out. Just rerun the script and you get alternating error messages. I fixed my script now (see below), though it might still be a good idea to fix this strange behavior if possible. # preperations include yahoo_get.gfn nulldata 1800 setobs 5 2008-01-01 # a daily dataset should be already in place # which stocks do you want to include? string aktien = "TKA DAI" # download the time series print "Start downloading the stocks..." loop foreach a @aktien string ticker = "$a" ~ ".DE" series $a = yahoo_price(ticker) endloop # process the time series ldiff @aktien -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: gretl-users-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu [mailto:gretl-users- bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu] Im Auftrag von Sven Schreiber Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. August 2015 18:47 An: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu Betreff: Re: [Gretl-users] Loop not automatically ending when error? Am 05.08.2015 um 18:32 schrieb Wingenroth, Thorsten: > > I get the following error message: > > > >> set messages off > >>> # sample function call > >> nulldata 1800 > > Sorry, this command is not available in loop mode > > > > Error executing script: halting > >> nulldata 1800 > > > > But I am not in loop mode! And the command "nulldate" is not in the > loop! > > To me, it seems that the loop is not finished when an error is raised. > Apart from the fact that it might be helpful to provide the version number, yes I have experienced this behavior myself in the past. My personal term for it is some remaining "flakiness" of gretl's command interpreter. As you suggest, I think it comes from a previous script that was aborted due to an error inside a loop. Then gretl continues to think that the loop hasn't ended yet. However, I'm not sure if this is still happening with recent versions, I think I haven't seen this recently. Again, please provide the version you're using. thanks, sven _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users