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A compact do-file that gets it wrong isn't very useful. I would worry more about the correctness of the do-file, its ability to correctly carry out your intentions, than I would about its size.

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I think you will find that the whole thing works better if you do it variable by variable, and you can include in each variable's block of code those tasks that are appropriate to the particular data type of the variable that you actually encounter. For example, the -label values- task makes no sense for non-numeric variables. I notice belatedly that you say your do-file proceeds task-wise rather than variable-wise. If you head each block of code with a comment describing what variable is being processed, and if you leave a few lines of whitespace between each block, the do-file will be well organized, easily readable, and easy to understand. This is a much safer way to proceed because you are likely to make mistakes when you type your code (we all do), and the indiscriminate use of -capture- will keep you from discovering them-you will end up with incompletely processed files, but you won't know that until you try to use them later and they don't live up to your expectations. Code: quietly des racacor // BREAKS IF racacor NOT FOUND DOES NOTHING OTHEREWISEIf you are processing the file one variable at a time, you can just have blocks of code like that, one for each variable. doeditД«rings up do file editor for a new file (windows only)Д¬reating and running. run test1.doД®xecutes the Stata commands in test1.do, but displays no output.Д«rings up do file editor with test1.do in it (windows only). set more offД®xecutes the Stata commands in test1.do, displays output. You can mark part of the program and click Tools-Do to run just that part of the program. You can run the program by clicking the menu Tools-Do. You can bring up the editor by typingДoedit and then the name of the file. You can write do files using the Stata do file editor. If we type runДofile2.do, it does the same thing as do test2.log, except that it runs silently, as you see below. In addition to the do command, there is also the run command. Quietly * temporarily close the log * quietly capture log closeДЄs you would expect, the output is stored in The set more off tells Stata not to stop the outputДЄnd say -more- when output exceeds one screen-full and set more on restores the pausing when the program ends. *ДЄlso, the command set more off is used at the top of dofile2.do and set more on at theД«ottom. Without this option, Stata would refuse to log to an existing file. This is done in case you doДofile2.do a second time. That the first log command uses the replace option.

The do fileДofile2.do uses the log command to store the output in the file test2.log and then closes the log file when it is done. Sometimes you want to save all the output so you can examine it later or print it. +-ДЄs you saw, the output of the do command is displayed to the screen one screen-full at a time. These are called do files because you run them with the LetвЂ™s have a look atДofile1.do using the type command.

#Quietly stata series

do files in Stata.ДЄ do file contains one or more Stata commands and provides a convenient way to perform a series of Stata commands.

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This module will show how how to create and run.