Hi Patricio, list mylist = dataset loop foreach i mylist series sa_$i = deseas($i) end loop should work for your first question. If I understand correctly, it may even solve the second one? cheers, sven -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:54:25 -0200 > Von: "Patricio Cuarón" <patriciocuaron(a)gmail.com&gt; > An: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu > Betreff: [Gretl-users] operate on all variables > Hello. I'm new to gretl and I'm trying to create a simple script that > will, > for instance, seasonally adjust all variables. And I've run into troubles. > So... > 1. how do I generate variable *variable names* to genr? for instance, I > want > to call each detrended variable "sa_" & the original variable name > 2. how do I pass the parameter to deseas()? deseas(gdp) works fine, but > deseas(varname(4)) doesn't (assuming varname(4)="gdp", varname returns a > string and deseas doesn't work that way. I also tried looping through a > list > of all the variables, but the same error of erroneous argument type is > brought up by deseas(). > > Thanks!! > PC _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

Yes, it did. But it raised a few more questions... Would it have been the same to use @i instead of $i?

If there a way to tell the script not to stop on errors (~VBA on error resume next)?

And why doesn't deseas() work with lists as arguments?

Hello. I'm new to gretl and I'm trying to create a simple script that will, for instance, seasonally adjust all variables. And I've run into troubles. So... 1. how do I generate variable *variable names* to genr? for instance, I want to call each detrended variable "sa_" & the original variable name 2. how do I pass the parameter to deseas()? deseas(gdp) works fine, but deseas(varname(4)) doesn't (assuming varname(4)="gdp", varname returns a string and deseas doesn't work that way. I also tried looping through a list of all the variables, but the same error of erroneous argument type is brought up by deseas().

El mié, 18-11-2009 a las 13:36 -0500, Allin Cottrell escribió: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, [ISO-8859-1] Patricio Cuarn wrote: > > > Hello. I'm new to gretl and I'm trying to create a simple script that will, > > for instance, seasonally adjust all variables. And I've run into troubles. > > So... > > 1. how do I generate variable *variable names* to genr? for instance, I want > > to call each detrended variable "sa_" & the original variable name > > 2. how do I pass the parameter to deseas()? deseas(gdp) works fine, but > > deseas(varname(4)) doesn't (assuming varname(4)="gdp", varname returns a > > string and deseas doesn't work that way. I also tried looping through a list > > of all the variables, but the same error of erroneous argument type is > > brought up by deseas(). > > Look at chapter 9 of the User's Guide, on loop constructs. > > <sample-script> > open data9-7 > list L = QNC PRICE INCOME UNEMP > loop foreach i L > sa_$i = deseas($i) > endloop > </sample-script> > > You can say > > list L = dataset > > if all the variables in the dataset are seasonally varying. > Another alternative is to do it through a function: <script> function list sadjust (series y ) string vn=argname(y) series @vn = y series @vn_sa = deseas(@vn) series @vn_seas = @vn - @vn_sa list comp = @vn_sa @vn_seas return comp end function open data9-7 list L = QNC PRICE INCOME UNEMP loop foreach i L list comp_$i = sadjust($i) endloop </script> In this script we are defining the new 'sadjust' function that divides the series in a seasonally adjusted component and a seasonal component, and puts them together in a list. The command string vn=argname(y) retrieves as a string the name that you are using when you run the sadjust(series) function. The second line, series @vn = y is very important because the names of the outer variables (QNC, PRICE, ...) are not known inside the function. The loop creates a list for each original variable, for example the list comp_QNC will contain the two components QNC_sa (seasonally adjusted) and QNC_seas (seasonal). All this components will appear magically in your gretl main window when you run this script. -- Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA APLICADA III (ECONOMETRÍA Y ESTADÍSTICA) UPV/EHU Avda. Lehendakari Aguirre, 83 | 48015 BILBAO T.: +34 946013732 | F.: +34 946013754 www.ea3.ehu.es _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users