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.

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.

-----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

I tried the following script: set echo off set messages off # sample function call nulldata 1800 setobs 5 2008-01-01 # a daily dataset should be already in place loop foreach a RHT TKA string ausgabe = "Aktie " ~ "$a" print ausgabe series "$a" $a = yahoo_price($a) endloop As you might guess, the idea is to download a couple of time series from yahoo. Each series should receive the name of the stock. However, apart from the fact that it is not working (I am happy to get help here, too), 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. When you want to replicate the error, you might need to comment out $a = yahoo_price($a), run it and then remove the # and run again. Then again, comment out, run, remove the comment, run. The respective error message appears only every second run.

From that I get:

> series "$a"