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Stata Programs

Programs are reusable functions.

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Description

Programs are defined and manipulated using the -program- command.

To list all defined programs, try:

program dir

To examine a program, try:

program list foo

The following is the declaration of a simple program that takes two arguments.

program foo
  args a b
  if "`b'"=="" {
    di "Expected 2 arguments (got 1)"
    exit
  }
  gen `a'=`b'
end

To delete a program, try:

program drop foo

Use program drop _all to delete all programs and program drop _allado to delete all programs that were loaded from ado files.

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+'''Programs''' are reusable functions.
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-== Definition ==
+== Description ==
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-Stata programs are defined using the `program` command.

{{{
program foo
  args a b
  if "`b'"=="" {
    di "Expected 2 arguments (got 1)"
    exit
  }
  gen `a'=`b'
end
}}}

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== Usage ==
+Programs are defined and manipulated using the '''`-program-`''' command.
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-Use `program list _all` to list the contents of all programs.
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== Usage ==

The following is the declaration of a simple program that takes two arguments.

{{{
program foo
  args a b
  if "`b'"=="" {
    di "Expected 2 arguments (got 1)"
    exit
  }
  gen `a'=`b'
end
}}}