Programming Reference Manual
This manual includes features that are part of StataNow™.
| Publisher: | Stata Press |
| Copyright: | 2023 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-59718-393-2 |
| Pages: | 647 |
Suggested citation
StataCorp. 2023. Stata 18 Programming Reference Manual. College Station, TX: Stata Press.
Supplemental materials
Table of contents
| Intro | Introduction to programming manual |
| Automation | Automation |
| break | Suppress Break key |
| byable | Make programs byable |
| capture | Capture return code |
| char | Characteristics |
| class | Class programming |
| class exit | Exit class-member program and return result |
| classutil | Class programming utility |
| comments | Add comments to programs |
| confirm | Argument verification |
| continue | Break out of loops |
| creturn | Return c-class values |
| _datasignature | Determine whether data have changed |
| #delimit | Change delimiter |
| Dialog programming | Dialog programming |
| discard | Drop automatically loaded programs |
| display | Display strings and values of scalar expressions |
| ereturn | Post the estimation results |
| error | Display generic error message and exit |
| estat programming | Controlling estat after community-contributed commands |
| _estimates | Manage estimation results |
| Estimation command | How to program an estimation command |
| exit | Exit from a program or do-file |
| file | Read and write text and binary files |
| File formats .dta | Description of .dta file format |
| File formats .dtas | Description of Stata frameset (.dtas) file format |
| findfile | Find file in path |
| foreach | Loop over items |
| forvalues | Loop over consecutive values |
| frame post | Post results to dataset in another frame |
| fvexpand | Expand factor varlists |
| gettoken | Low-level parsing |
| H2O intro | Introduction to integration with H2O |
| if | if programming command |
| include | Include commands from file |
| Java intro | Introduction to Java plugins |
| Java integration | Java integration for Stata |
| Java plugin | Introduction to Java plugins |
| Java utilities | Java utilities |
| javacall | Call a Java plugin |
| levelsof | Distinct levels of a variable |
| macro | Macro definition and manipulation |
| macro lists | Manipulate lists |
| makecns | Constrained estimation |
| mark | Mark observations for inclusion |
| matlist | Display a matrix and control its format |
| matrix | Introduction to matrix commands |
| matrix accum | Form cross-product matrices |
| matrix define | Matrix definition, operators, and functions |
| matrix dissimilarity | Compute similarity or dissimilarity measures |
| matrix eigenvalues | Eigenvalues of nonsymmetric matrices |
| matrix get | Access system matrices |
| matrix mkmat | Convert variables to matrix and vice versa |
| matrix rowjoinbyname | Join rows while matching on column names |
| matrix rownames | Name rows and columns |
| matrix score | Score data from coefficient vectors |
| matrix svd | Singular value decomposition |
| matrix symeigen | Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of symmetric matrices |
| matrix utility | List, rename, and drop matrices |
| more | Pause until key is pressed |
| nopreserve option | nopreserve option |
| numlist | Parse numeric lists |
| pause | Program debugging command |
| plugin | Load a plugin |
| postfile | Post results in Stata dataset |
| _predict | Obtain predictions, residuals, etc., after estimation programming command |
| preserve | Preserve and restore data |
| program | Define and manipulate programs |
| program properties | Properties of user-defined programs |
| Project Manager | Organize Stata files |
| PyStata intro | Introduction to using Python and Stata together |
| PyStata integration | Call Python from Stata StataNow |
| PyStata module | Python package pystata to call Stata from Python StataNow |
| quietly | Quietly and noisily perform Stata command |
| _return | Preserve stored results |
| return | Return stored results |
| _rmcoll | Remove collinear variables |
| rmsg | Return messages |
| _robust | Robust variance estimates |
| scalar | Scalar variables |
| serset | Create and manipulate sersets |
| set locale_functions | Specify default locale for functions |
| set locale_ui | Specify a localization package for the user interface |
| set sortmethod | Specify a sort method |
| set sortrngstate | Set the state of sort’s randomizer |
| signestimationsample | Determine whether the estimation sample has changed |
| sleep | Pause for a specified time |
| smcl | Stata Markup and Control Language |
| sortpreserve | Sort within programs |
| syntax | Parse Stata syntax |
| sysdir | Query and set system directories |
| tabdisp | Display tables |
| timer | Time sections of code by recording and reporting time spent |
| tokenize | Divide strings into tokens |
| trace | Debug Stata programs |
| unab | Unabbreviate variable list |
| unabcmd | Unabbreviate command name |
| varabbrev | Control variable abbreviation |
| version | Version control |
| viewsource | View source code |
| while | Looping |
| window programming | Programming menus and windows |
| window fopen | Display open/save dialog box |
| window manage | Manage window characteristics |
| window menu | Create menus |
| window push | Copy command into History window |
| window stopbox | Display message box |
| Glossary | |
| Combined author index | |
| Combined subject index | |
