On 30/04/14 02:50, Logan Kelly wrote: Please, look at the Gretl users' guide: "13.4 Function programming details Variables versus pointers Series, scalar, and matrix arguments to functions can be passed in two ways: "as they are", or as pointers." There is no such a feature for strings. -- Firma Arista *Ignacio Díaz-Emparanza* Zuzendaria/Director ignacio.diaz-emparanza(a)ehu.es <mailto:ignacio.diaz.emparanza@ehu.es> 94 6013732 *EKONOMIA APLIKATUA III SAILA (EKONOMETRIA ETA ESTATISTIKA)/ DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA APLICADA III (ECONOMETRÍA Y ESTADÍSTICA) UPV/EHU* Avda. Lehendakari Aguirre, 83 | 48015 BILBAO *T.: +34 946013740* | *F.: +34 946013754* *www.ea3.ehu.es* <http://www.ea3.ehu.es> ERNE! Baliteke mezu honen zatiren bat edo mezu osoa legez babestuta egotea. Mezuak badu bere hartzailea. Okerreko helbidera heldu bada (helbidea gaizki idatzi, transmisioak huts egin) eman abisu igorleari, korreo honi erantzunda. Kontuz! Mezua ez bada zuretzat, ez erabili, ez zabaldu beste inori, ez kopiatu eta ez baliatu. ¡ATENCIÓN! Este mensaje contiene información privilegiada o confidencial a la que sólo tiene derecho a acceder el destinatario. Si usted lo recibe por error le agradeceríamos que no hiciera uso de la información y que se pusiese en contacto con el remitente. E-mail hau inprimatu baino lehen egiaztatu inprimatzeko beharra. Antes de imprimir este e-mail piense bien si es necesario hacerlo.

Thanks. I have not gotten used to the existence of the hansel primer. The statement in the user guide is not conclusive given that bundles are not listed and yet can be passed as pointers. One more silly question, why are lists and strings excluded? (This is not important. Just curious.) Logan Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: oleg_komashko(a)ukr.net Date:04/30/2014 5:25 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Gretl list Cc: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] String pointer? Hansl primer, p. 35: Each of the type-specifiers, with the exception of list and string, may be modified by prepending an asterisk to the associated parameter name, as in function scalar myfunc (matrix *y) --- ??????????? ???????????? --- ??? ????: "Logan Kelly" <logan.kelly@uwrf.edu<mailto:logan.kelly@uwrf.edu>> ????: 30 ?????? 2014, 03:52:00 Hello, Are pointers to strings allowed? (I am using 1.9.15cvs on Win7 64 bit) The following script: function test(string *t) t="Hello World" end function string MyTestString test(&MyTestString) print MyTestString yields the following error gretl version 1.9.15cvs Current session: 2014-04-29 19:46 ? function test(string *t) Unrecognized data type 'string *' Error executing script: halting _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users@lists.wfu.edu<mailto:Gretl-users@lists.wfu.edu> http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users [http://freemail.ukr.net/api/public/message_read?a=m6q3vudMMn-_zr2hf69tAWH...] !