[Gretl-users] loop command

[Allin Cottrell]

On Tue, 8 May 2007, a b wrote:

> I don't understand what's wrong ! I work on an annual data file 
> with 20 observations spanning from 1971 to1990 and create a 
> dummy variable by using " loop for i=1971..1990 ". When looking 
> at the printout, changes are reported for each iterations but 
> finally, displaying the dummy variable I see no change . I 
> replace the loop by "i=1..20" and it worked fine .

Yes, it's a bit tricky handling observations both by year and by 
1-based index.  However, the specific problem you saw is now fixed 
in CVS and today's Windows snapshot.

> Moreover, the time series plot doesn't show the usual graph's 
> left margin, the thin fine-looking space between Y-axis and the 
> drawing (see attached).

I can't say that I see anything wrong with the graph.  If you want 
to push the start of the x-range to the left, you can do that 
easily enough (click, Edit, X-axis).

Allin.