Sorry Jack, yes I tried it, something obvious must be slightly wrong because your function misplaced the results, but I understood the logic, simplified it to <hansl> function series rankingalt(series G)     matrix a = aggregate(const, G)     matrix b = cum(a[,2])     return replace(G, a[,1], b) end function </hansl> and it works just fine. Thanks! Alecos Papadopoulos PhD Athens University of Economics and Business web: alecospapadopoulos.wordpress.com/ On 22/9/2019 01:00, gretl-users-request(a)gretlml.univpm.it wrote: > Send Gretl-users mailing list submissions to > gretl-users(a)gretlml.univpm.it > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > gretl-users-request(a)gretlml.univpm.it > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gretl-users-owner(a)gretlml.univpm.it > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Gretl-users digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: an alternative "ranking" function (Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 22:23:50 +0200 (CEST) > From: "Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti" <r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it&gt; > Subject: [Gretl-users] Re: an alternative "ranking" function > To: Gretl list <gretl-users(a)gretlml.univpm.it&gt; > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1909212223160.23293(a)ec-4.econ.univpm.it&gt; > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; > boundary="-842988409-1783199259-1569097430=:23293" > > This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, > while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. > > ---842988409-1783199259-1569097430=:23293 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019, Alecos Papadopoulos wrote: > >> [Jack] you mean, something like this? >> >> <hansl> >> function series rankingalt(series x) >> matrix a =3D aggregate(const, x) >> return replace(x, a[,1], cum(0 | a[1:rows(a)-1,2])) >> end function >> </hansl> >> >> AP: To the extend I understand the code, I don't think so. I want a ser= > ies=20 >> that has the length of the sample, exactly as the "ranking" function gi= > ves. >> The only difference between the "ranking" function and the "rankingalt= > "=20 >> function is that the "rankingalt" function > But this is what the function does. Have you tried it? > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti > Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES) > > Universit=E0 Politecnica delle Marche > (formerly known as Universit=E0 di Ancona) > > r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it > http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti > ------------------------------------------------------- > ---842988409-1783199259-1569097430=:23293-- > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-users mailing list -- gretl-users(a)gretlml.univpm.it > To unsubscribe send an email to gretl-users-leave(a)gretlml.univpm.it > Website: https://gretlml.univpm.it/postorius/lists/gretl-users.gretlml.univpm.it/ > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Gretl-users Digest, Vol 152, Issue 19 > ******************************************** >