Stata Programs

In the Stata programming language, a program is a reusable functions.

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Definition

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

To list all defined programs, try:

program dir

To examine a program, try:

program list foo

Use program list _all to list the contents of all programs.

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.