[Gretl-users] Re: retrieve series name from within a function
Am 04.01.2021 um 09:47 schrieb Artur Bala:
> Use the argname() function.
>
> Allin
Yeah, that's quite clear but argname() generates a string not a
series. And my point is different. Let's have the following:
<\hans>
function matrix myfunction (series depY, list X)
# some coding
ols depY X
# some coding
return something
end function
<hans>
Now, when I run my function, let's say "mymatrix = myfunction(Price,
xlist)", OLS printing will show up: "Dependent variable: depY" instead
of "Dependent variable: Price".
Is there a way to have the actual name of depY displayed?
You could copy the input using argname, for example:
ID = genseries(argname(depY), depY)
Then you should be able to use the ID number also in the OLS command.
Of course the copying doesn't make it 100% efficient, but the loss
should be minor.
cheers
sven